Peter Rainger wrote:
> 1) *The need to keep the accessibility metadata within the IEEE LOM*
>
> I would like to introduce the specification as widely as possible and
> keeping the spec within the LOM would help this. But we would be losing
> the opportunity to introduce a new element and make a political
> statement by showing the importance of accessibility by doing so. Would
> the information also get 'lost' in the LOM classification???
>
Hi Pete, I don't think accessibility metadata would get "lost" in the
classification section. I know that section of the LOM looks pretty
esoteric in the information model or in an XML record, but it needn't look
that way when presented to an end user or a cataloguer. If it makes you
feel more comfortable, then bear in mind that accessibility classification
would be getting the same treatment as subject classification, which is one
of the most important parts of the metadata record.
Phil.
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