On Tue, 6 Aug 1996, Paul Miller wrote:
> OPTION 3
> --------
>
> Example:
>
> <META NAME="DC.author.SCHEME.e-mail" CONTENT="[log in to unmask]">
>
> Discussion: Arguably inelegant, but it keeps the HTML pure.
>
> Pros: Pure HTML
> unambiguous SCHEME specification
>
> Cons: Difficult to parse automatically
> Hard to explain the SCHEMEs to the reader
I'm still not sure that its difficult to parse automagically. If I get
time this evening I'll try to write some code that can strip out embedded
DCES elements in this format and generate a document conforming to the
DCES SGML DTD from them. No promises and it depends if my supply of
strong tea lasts out the night... :-)
> OPTION 5
> --------
>
> Example:
>
> <META NAME="DC.author(e-mail)" CONTENT="[log in to unmask]">
>
> Documented at: http://purl.oclc.org/net/eric/publications/metadata/minimal.html
>
> Discussion: the syntax suggested at Warwick, I believe...
>
> Pros: HTML compliant
>
> Cons: Difficult for user to interpret?
This one still isn't HTML compliant - the brackets aren't allowed in the
NAME attribute.
Tatty bye,
Jim'll
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Jon "Jim'll" Knight, Researcher, Sysop and General Dogsbody, Dept. Computer
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