Liddy,
I think it might be slightly too early to ask this question in
isolation?
One of the reasons I sent round the Wiki example (based on my
interpretation of the adaptability application profile) was to show that
we don't necessarily need a new property called 'adaptability'.
Without a good understanding of exactly what we might be trying to
capture in that application profile, it is difficult to understand
whether we need a new term called adaptability or not. My suspicion is
that we don't need it - and that we would be better spending our time
modelling the other properties and vocabularies you are proposing
correctly according to the DCAM.
Andy
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> Please spend a few minutes looking at the proposal for a new
> term for adaptability that will allow us to describe the
> accessibility of resources, among other things.
>
> It has been suggested we should not move forward on this but
> I would like to know two things urgently (before March 6):
>
> first,
>
> * if people think we should have a new DC term called
> adaptability for adaptability/accessibility- see the
> definition etc at <http://
> dublincore.org/accessibilitywiki/NewElementProposal>
>
> and secondly,
>
> * how the wording might be improved, what might be better
> examples, etc.
>
> You may also be interested to look at a possible application
> profile that would use the term for describing the
> accessibility of resources... see
> <http://dublincore.org/accessibilitywiki/
> AccessForAllApplicationProfile>. Please note that this application
> profile is NOT being proposed, it is only an example of what
> might be wanted.
>
> Please give this work your attention as soon as possible. It
> may make a big difference to our ability to work with
> accessibility metadata, to help those who have trouble
> finding the resources they need, and to those who are
> interested in resource adaptability for other reasons.
>
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