Harry, and All,

On Mon, 16 Sep 2002 Harry Wagner wrote:

> > The list of terms in the DCMI Type Vocabulary (Controlled
> > Vocabulary Terms) doesn't include 'physical object' which was
> > agreed as 'recommended' by the Usage Board in May. I think that
> > other terms which were agreed at that meeting, such as
> > dateCopyrighted, are included. So maybe this is an oversight.
>
> The registry "currently" uses the DC RDF schemas as a data source, and
> physical object is not included in the current version of the schemas.
>  They will be updated at the same time.  Since updating the schemas
> can be disruptive to implementers we plan to periodically update them
> in batch (probably twice a year).
>
I guess it would be a good idea to update schemas following Usage
Board meetings when these decisions are made.

However, I was really questionning why, for a group of decisions
made at the last UB meeting, some schemas have been updated
(eg. dateCopyrighted) but not others (the DCMI Type schema).

I would appreciate it if the 'physical object' type could be added to
the DCMI Type Vocabulary schema, and hence to the registry,
before DC2002. The Type Working Group's status report will
include the adoption of this new type as one of its progress items.
So I think it would look odd if it is not in the type list in the registry.
Do I need to make this request also to another WG? - I'm not sure
who updates the schemas. Thanks.

> The long-term solution is to not use the schemas as input to the
> registry. A better solution is to maintain the DC vocabulary in the
> vocabulary management system and provide an application interface for
> the registry to access this info.  This is on the agenda for the
> registry WG breakout session.  I hope you will be able to attend.
>
Sorry - the Registry WG meeting appears to clash with the Citation
WG meeting which I have to run. A pity - but there should be other
opportunities for discussion while in Florence.

Best wishes,
        Ann



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