On Fri, 12 Apr 2002, Rachel Heery wrote:
> On Thu, 28 Mar 2002, Pete Johnston wrote:
>
> >
> > Anyway, returning to the point about "Simple DC", I think your initial
> > message suggested that you might use the term to mean something
> > different from what [1] calls "Simple DC", but now I'm not so sure?!
>
> If I can re-state my case. I think the term 'Simple DC' is potentially
> ambiguous, and as it is being defined as synonymous with Dublin Core
> Metadata Element Set V1.1 (DCMES), I think it would be more helpful to use
> that more precise terminology, particularly in technical documents.
I know Pete has already responded to this - but just to re-state what
has already been said a number of times...
We absolutely do NOT define 'Simple DC' as being synonymous with DCMES
1.1. See section 4.1 of
http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/metadata/dcmi/dc-xml-guidelines/
Yes, our statement of the abstract model that underpins 'simple DC'
applications is based on all (and only all) the elements in DCMES 1.1 -
but it also includes statements about the repeatability and optionality of
elements, the nature of element values and the encoding of the language of
those values.
Furthermore, *our* definition is NOT ambiguous (IMHO).
Andy
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