I also presumed that was what Simon meant and second the value of
presenting the elements within the RFC in a more rational order
David
At 08:47 AM 10/29/97 -0800, John A. Kunze wrote:
>I've taken the liberty of changing the Subject line to what _I_ think
>Simon Cox meant by "element order". Simon, correct me if I misunderstand,
>but I believe you are _not_ suggesting we require a certain ordering of
>elements in a set of metadata (eg, embedded in an HTML doc).
>
>Instead, I believe you're suggesting that the draft RFC _explain_ the
>elements in a different sequence than that listed on the T-shirt.
>(I agree that the T-shirt sequence makes little pedagogical sense.)
>
>-John
>=========================
>Date: Wed, 29 Oct 1997 10:40:49 -0500
>From: Simon Cox <[log in to unmask]>
>To: DC-list <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: RE: new draft of DC basic elements
>
>The draft RFC on DC basic elements quite understandably
>presents the elements in the now "classic" order which
>developed from the original proposals for the Dublin Core.
>However, there does not appear to be a clear consistent
>logic to the sequence
>(Title, Creator, Subject, Description, Publisher,
>Contributor, Date, Type, Format, Identifier, Source,
>Language, Relation, Coverage, Rights).
>I wonder if this very public roll-out would be
>an opportune time to improve on this?
>
>There are many ways to do this, of course.
>A simple way would be alphabetical.
>
>Better, perhaps, would be something reflecting functional
>behaviour, which might assist newcomers in coming to grips
>with the set. The latter is the main motivation in fiddling
>with the T-shirt rule in this way.
>
>I've commented elsewhere (to the datamodel working group)
>that there is some ambiguity in the element semantics
>under some circumstances, which effectively makes a
>unique functional grouping impossible.
>However, I suggest that something like the following
>sequence (and sub-headings?) makes some sense:
>
>Elements related mainly to the CONTENT of the resource
> Title
> Subject
> Description
> Language
> Coverage
>
>Elements related mainly to INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY of the resource
> Creator
> Contributors
> Publisher
> Rights
> Source
> Relation
>
>Elements related mainly to the INSTANTIATION of the resource
> Identifier
> Format
> Type
> Date
>--
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