Stuart Peters wrote:
> The question I would put is how much do we gain in return? How widely is
> this metadata currently read? ...and how much is this set to rise?
> I welcome some healthy debate on this,
Stuart, for a comparison of the ability of the larger web-crawler
services to use metadata, see http://www.searchenginewatch.com/
Dublin Core is not yet supported explicitly by any of the larger search
engines as far as I know, but lobbying by the DC faithful continues
unabated!
T.
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