I agree - moreover I can imagine all kinds of what I might call
'operational metadata' which could be usefully kept locally, but
which might be just so much 'noise' if exposed publicly.
Paul
On 14 Nov 2007, at 09:13, Julie Allinson wrote:
> Jen,
>
> An email to the eprints tech list would probably get you the answer
> to this - http://www.eprints.org/tech.php/ - you might even find
> something in the archives.
>
> FWIW I don't agree that it is always undesirable to hide metadata
> from public users, if you are talking about things like email
> addresses of authors, administrative or preservation metadata for
> example.
>
> Best,
>
> Julie
>
> Arthur Sale wrote:
>> Why? It would be totally undesirable to do for any reason, as far
>> as I can
>> see.
>>
>> [Obviously it can be done, but I wouldn't lift a finger to make it
>> happen.]
>>
>> Arthur Sale
>>
>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Repositories discussion list
>>>
>> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
>>
>>> Behalf Of Jenny Delasalle
>>> Sent: Wednesday, 14 November 2007 1:14 AM
>>> To: [log in to unmask]
>>> Subject: e-prints and hiding metadata
>>>
>>> This is a question for those of you who have used eprints...
>>>
>>> Do you know if it is possible to store metadata about an article,
>>> and hide
>>> that from public access, so that members of the public won't see
>>> it? If it
>>> is possible, I'd very much like to hear about how it can be done.
>>>
>>> Apologies if this is an easy question to answer, but we're new to
>>> all of
>>> this!
>>>
>>> kind regards
>>> Jen
>>>
>
>
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