On Thu, 23 Mar 2000, Thomas Baker wrote:
> It looks to me like we have never recognized or acknowledged that we
> need what amounts to a little Core Element Set for describing DCMI
> elements and qualifiers. One element of such a Core would be Type, and
At a meeting in Bath last week I suggested, half jokingly, that there was
a certain beauty in using DC to describe DC elements and qualifiers.
I.e. each element/qualifier would have
Title
Description
Identifier
Type
Luckily, no-one else liked this suggestion! :-)
Andy.
> those types would include Elements, Element Refinements, and Value
> Encodings (in effect, "element-like objects"). Other elements would be
> Name, Label (or Identifier), Definition, maybe Comment. There could
> even be an element Relation, which could be used to link the qualifier
> "Requires" as the OppositeOf the qualifier "IsRequiredBy", or to link
> the description of a qualifier to descriptions of encoding schemes,
> supporting documents, or "more information".
>
> If Entity is confusing (re: Roland's comments) and if it is ill-advised
> not to use Qualifier, perhaps it would be simplest to call this element
> Type.
>
> Tom
>
> On Thu, 23 Mar 2000, Jul,Erik wrote:
> > Here is my vote against adopting "entity" in place of "qualifier."
> >
> > The world had heard about "qualified Dublin Core" for years. We have been
> > developing a list of qualifiers.
> >
> > I don't see how moving from "qualifier" to "entity" is of value.
> >
> > What are the switching costs? What will it take to get the Dublin Core
> > audience to know what we mean by "entity," to understand that we used to
> > mean "qualifier," to comprehend why a change was necessary, and to learn and
> > value the benefits associated with that change?
> >
> > I think the switching costs are high and the benefits are few.
> >
> > --Erik
> >
> > Erik Jul
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