>
> It might be more sensible for old versions of documents to
> carry a clear
> warning at the top (as the UKOLN document does but perhaps using a
> larger and/or bolder font) along the lines of
>
> This document is OUT OF DATE - please use the current version.
>
> where 'current version' links forward to the 'current'
> version using the
> generic URL (rather than a specific version URL),
> http://dublincore.org/documents/dc-xml-guidelines/ in this case.
This is what DCMI does with superseded recommendations, see e.g.
http://dublincore.org/documents/2003/11/30/dcq-html/.
We don't do that with links from Proposed Recommendations to the final
Recommendation, but maybe we should -- or at least make the "Latest
version" link more prominent.
>
> Perhaps even adding an "OUTDATED" background to old documents
> would make it crystal clear?
We looked at that at some point but if I remember correctly, there was
an argument that backgrounds and other display features are not always
visible (e.g. screen readers, line-mode browsers) so we decided for the
warning in the title.
Someone suggested that we do automatic redirects from old versions to
the latest version but then we realised that people may make valid use
of older versions (e.g. when they link a translation to a particular
version of the document).
Makx.
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