I think we should have Rebecca's list of qualifiers of Creator just
like we have qualifiers that refine Contributor and Publisher.
Agent Core is a job for later and should not be in the ballot we are
considering now.
JP
At 4:55 PM +1000 3/2/00, Renato Iannella wrote:
>--On 1/3/00 2:13 PM +0100 Thomas Baker wrote:
>
>>-- We can vote on the 'semantics' of the Agent WG proposal -- even
>> Affiliation, Agent Type, etc -- as long as we stop calling them
>> qualifiers of CCP elements of the DCMES and recast some of them
>> (Affiliation, Type, etc) as a ballot for top-level elements of a
>> minimal, first-step Agent Core (or Authority Core).
>
>This is a mistake to do this now. We are not in a position to
>even start developing a new element set.
>
>There is *nothing wrong* with Version 1.* of DCMES/DCQ consisting
>of a small set of qualifiers for identifying the CCP.
>
>It is a simple, small set of qualifiers.
>
>When we start to architect Version 2.* of DCMES, then we can develop
>a richer, cleaner way to handle the Agent. We all know how to do
>it now, but it is too late to force this change back on Version 1.*.
>
>Lets just vote on these as qualifiers and move onto building a *better*
>element set...
>
>
>
>Cheers...Renato <http://purl.net/net/renato>
>Principal Research Scientist, DSTC <http://www.dstc.edu.au>
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