On Sun, 1 Dec 1996, Jon Knight wrote:
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> So we either have millions of elements (MARC?) or a few elements with
> sensible defaults and qualifiers to give us expandability (DC). Doesn't
> seem alot in it to me and qualifiers are what we've had since the original
> DC documents. Sorry, but I just can't see a reason to suddenly switch
> to the "let a thousand elements flourish" view now. But I'm willing to go
> with the consensus if there's a groundswelling in that direction on the
> mailing list.
In defense of MARC, it by no means has millions of elements. We continue
to insist that there is some magic number of elements that we have to stay
within in the Dublin Core. I see that every time we add a qualifier that
is used along with one of the elements, it essentially adds another
element. So adding things like author's email, affiliation, phone no. etc.
has the potential to essentially multiply the number of elements by a lot.
Insisting that there are still only 13 is misleading. Whether we call it
a qualifier, subelement or core element, each is still essentially a
separate piece of information being conveyed.
Rebecca
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> > Tatty bye, >
> Jim'll
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