[From Misha Wolf]
Priscilla Caplan wrote:
> Stu Weibel wrote:
> >I am of the opinion that pragmatics are more valuable than principle
> >here, so I come down on the side of 15 elements and a small number of
> >sub elements.
>
> ok
>
> >I also would very much like further well-reasoned opinions on which way
> >to jump with Relation:
> >
> >a.) a small number (4?) of explicit attribute types (Relation.IsPartOf,
> >Relation.HasPart...etc.)
> >
> >b.) exactly 2 attributes for all time (Relation.Type, Relation.Target)
> >with enumerated lists of types... perhaps a DC default list and then any
> >scheme-qualified lists that others come up with. If so, what is the
> >minimum, default list for DC-Simple?
>
> I was reading this thinking I would far prefer option (2), since it doesn't
> take a redevision of the DC itself every time we want to add a relation
> type, which we will doubtless want to do. But then it seems to me that
> there is nothing special about Relation in this respect, and that with dates
> as well we could have Date.Type and Date.Content, with an initial list of
> approved types. And with other subelements as well.
Indeed, this is exactly what I argued in great detail in the various mails I
posted just after Helsinki. See, for example, "Qualifiers, Sub-elements,
Types and the Meaning of Life", dated 22 October 1997.
> Are there implications for representation in RDF? What do the people
> working on the data model think?
There most certainly are. Quite a few of the constructs currently proposed
as sub-elements are quite unsuited for expression using XML and/or RDF.
Having recently been too busy to participate, I am now sad to see that my
arguments have been disregarded. The DC community is storing up a lot of
trouble for itself by persisting in a muddled approach towards sub-elements.
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