Andy Powell wrote:
> Personally, I'd prefer to see us referring to 'refined elements' rather
> than 'element refinements'.
Alternatively we could use them more like the way "element refinement"
implies in RDF:
<dc:date>
<rdf:value>2002-07-23</rdf:value>
<rdf:type rdf:resource="http://purl.org/dc/terms/available"/>
</dc:date>
The differences between what this and other forms imply is quite subtle, and
someone more familiar than I with the finer points of RDF should probably
comment on the suitability of this.
One thing that strikes me about it is that:
<dc:date>
<rdf:value>2002-07-23</rdf:value>
<rdf:type rdf:resource="http://purl.org/dc/terms/available"/>
<rdf:type rdf:resource="http://purl.org/dc/terms/modified"/>
</dc:date>
More clearly shows that the coincidence between the available and modified
values are more than a product of chance; at least to a human reader.
There's perhaps even more value in this when it comes to the encodings?
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