As interest in the Dublin Core has increased, the need to identify a
standardization path has assumed greater importance. The plan to
capture the developing consensus in Internet Engineering Task Force
(IETF) RFCs began prior to DC-4 but has not been fully developed. The
greater stability in the DC that will be among the major outcomes of the
Helsinki meeting make this tactic more appealing than ever, and at the
post-meeting redux in the Grand Marina Bar, we sketched out
responsibilities for the planned RFCs.
As with the working groups, others are encouraged to participate as
well. The names associated with the RFCs described below are the
individuals who have volunteered to take administrative responsibility
for editing the documents and collating comments.
All these RFCs will be submitted to the META2 list for comments and
discussion prior to their submission.
It is possible that some of these will be published as W3C Technical
Notes as well.
As some of you are aware, Interest in DC standardization has been
expressed at least informally among both ISO and NISO circles. My own
view is that this is a good thing, though there are issues of timing and
procedure that must be worked out. Suffice it to say that these issues
are receiving careful thought at the moment, and there will eventually
be an action plan. Right now, the proto-standardization represented by
issuance of the RFCs should be our first priority.
The proposed RFCs:
1. Dublin Core Metadata for Simple Resource Discovery
editors: John Kunze and Carl Lagoze
An introduction to the Dublin Core and a description of the intended
semantics of the 15-element Dublin Core element set without qualifiers.
2. Encoding Dublin Core Metadata in HTML
editors: John Kunze and Carl Lagoze
A formal description of the convention for embedding unqualified Dublin
Core metadata in HTML.
3. Qualified Dublin Core Metadata for Simple Resource Discovery
editors: Paul Miller and Tony Gill
The principles of element qualification and the semantics of Dublin Core
metadata when expressed with a recommended qualifier set known as the
Canberra Qualifiers.
4. Encoding Qualified Dublin Core Metadata in HTML
editors: Paul Miller and Tony Gill
A formal description of the convention for embedding qualified Dublin
Core metadata in HTML.
2.5. Dublin Core on the Web: RDF Compliance and DC Extensions
editors: to be determined
A formal description for encoding Dublin Core metadata with qualifiers
in HTML compliant metadata, and how to extend the core element set.
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