Dear all
I have recently joined the mail list, and have been following the debates
with interest and admiration. It's late in the process, and I understand
that various documents have to be put to bed, so I hesitate to raise such a
fundamental question (but maybe it has a very straightforward answer): why
isn't "Size" one of the basic 15 metadata elements?
It seems to me that size indications are given in regular cataloguing
information (such as the number of pages in CiP data). Size (in the sense
of quantity) of components is often given too (e.g. number of
illustrations). For electronic files, we find from our user feedback that
size of document or object is a significant piece of metadata - at least
as important as coverage, say. I would expect publishers these days to be
including size indicators as part of their metadata.
Maybe I've missed something and it will be dealt with as subelement (e.g. I
could see it being a subelement of "Format" for electronic files, and maybe
a subelement of "Description" for non-electronic?).
Sorry if this is an issue that's already been discussed a thousand times!
Cliff Morgan
Publishing Technologies Director
John Wiley & Sons Ltd
Chichester PO19 1UD
UK
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