What she said...
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On Tuesday, September 23, 1997 8:11 PM, Ricky Erway
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> REPLY TO 09/23/97 13:38 FROM [log in to unmask] "John Perkins":
Re:
> Resource Types discussion
>
> John,
>
> We (who want to use DC for all kinds of resources, web-based and
> not), in fact, assume there IS a better, richer set of metadata in
> some form other than DC metadata. We are merely trying to make sure
> DC can accommodate a brief description of non-web-based resources
> (that ultimately points to more detailed information), so that people
> looking for stuff on the web are reminded that there are lots of
> other information resources, too. Some are available via FTP,
> Gopher, and OPACs, and sometimes you gotta go look at old-fashioned,
> analog things.
>
> So we don't expect the DC to do all the heavy lifting -- just the
> descriptions that help researchers find things. Our discussion about
> the original/surrogate issue is only to ensure that, at least, the
> original CAN be described.
>
> Ricky
>
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