Andy,
Am 05.01.2012 10:58, schrieb Andy Powell:
> If we compare the DCAM with, say, SKOS and ask the same kind of
> question the answer is more obvious I think - people need to
> understand both RDF and SKOS because SKOS gives them something useful
> in the area of 'vocabulary' handling that RDF on its own doesn't give
> them.
>
> The answer for the DCAM is much less clear except in terms of the
> original rationale for having the DCAM at all, i.e.
>
You are right. And your analogy to SKOS is perfect, because that was
exactly how I started the RDF-based DCAM wiki page yesterday [1].
Provide DCAM as a model for metadata just like SKOS is for vocabulary
handling.
[1] http://wiki.dublincore.org/index.php/DCAM_Revision_Tech
Cheers,
Kai
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