Thus spoke Stu Weibel (at least at 09:35 AM 9/5/96 -0400)
>In particular I'd like to hear some discussion on the list about how to
>proceed. I'm edging back toward a working group at the IETF, but I'd
>like to hear what others have to say on the issue.
I think that we could work on a MIME encoding of the WF in the IETF
in something like a URC-WG. In fact, that is exactly what I would like
to do, but I wanted to get some code written and a draft started before
pushing on it. As part of that effort we could do a couple of related
things, like register Internet Media Types for MARC and the Dublin Core.
I still agree with what you said in Stockholm - the IETF has no business
standardizing the DC itself. If an outside body, such as the participants
of this list, comes up with something, they can easily register a media
type for it. That is different than trying to make an Internet standard
out of it.
Regards,
Ron Daniel Jr. email: [log in to unmask]
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