Just to clarify...  my example uses a number of new 'a4a' terms, for
example

a4a:hasAdaptation
a4aformat:AlternativeText
a4atype:ReducedText
a4a:accessMode
a4aaccessmode:Textual
a4a:AccessMode
a4a:role
a4arole:ReplacesVisual
etc.

but none of them is a4a:adaptability.

So, I'm not arguing that you can do everything you need to do using
existing DC terms.  I'm arguing that you need more than just
a4a:adaptation - i.e. you need a DC application profile.

Andy
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: DCMI Accessibility Group 
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Liddy Nevile
> Sent: 27 February 2006 13:29
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Your attention is needed!
> 
> Andy, if you are right, that's good
> 
> but if you look at the comments I have made, you will see 
> that it appears to me that you have not understood all the 
> things being described. I cannot see how you can use the 
> standard properties to describe what we want to describe. 
> There are many standard properties we want to use, of course, 
> but nothing describes adaptability, as I see it.
> 
> The reason for asking others is to find out what others 
> think. If they are already describing the adaptability of 
> resources using other terms, that will be most interesting. 
> If they do not feel they are doing so, that also will be interesting.
> 
> Other interested in these comments should consult the 
> examples on the DC Architecture wiki that Andy is talking about ...
> 
> 
> Liddy
> 
> 
> On 26/02/2006, at 8:05 PM, Andy Powell wrote:
> 
> > 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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> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: General DCMI discussion list
> >> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Liddy Nevile
> >> Sent: 24 February 2006 05:28
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> >> Subject: Your attention is needed!
> >>
> >> 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.
> >>
> >> Please respond asap to this email by registering your vote on the 
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> >> Education Network that does not reveal any personal 
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> >> require registration.
> >>
> >> Simply go directly to the survey at
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> >> register and vote.
> >>
> >> The survey question asks if you think the term is OK, 
> needs changing, 
> >> or should not be proposed.
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> >>
> >> Liddy Nevile
> >>
>