At 16:01 2005-07-11, Robert John Robertson wrote:
>At the risk of provoking a Friday afternoon discussion at the start of the
>week, has anyone else read the OLDaily section on metadata?
>
>"Metadata
>This was intended to be a note to myself, partially to comment on
>discussion list metadata and partially to frame some throughts for my talk
>in Colorado in August. But it makes some points that bear wider
>consideration, and in particular, two principles of metadata: metadata for
>a given entity should never be stored in more than one place; and metadata
>for a given entity should not contain metadata for a second entity. By
>Stephen Downes, Half an Hour, July 7, 2005 "
>
>http://halfanhour.blogspot.com/2005/07/metadata.html
I hadn't read it. Thanks for pointing it out.
On reading it, I am struck with extensive agreement. I'd be curious, at
least, to hear of any arguments rationally refuting SD's position. If no
one can refute it, sounds like it would be high time to take it on board.
Simon
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