Cliff,
As we've been tring to use DC Qualified, we've found that Format has
numerous sub-elements for use in specifying suitable objects for discovery.
Size is one of these. The subelements group has not yet come up with a list
for the DC community as a whole, but it will be a work item soon.
David
At 12:57 PM 2/5/98 +0100, [log in to unmask] wrote:
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>Dear all
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>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?
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>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.
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>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?).
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>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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David Bearman
President
Archives & Museum Informatics
5501 Walnut St., Suite 203
Pittsburgh, PA 15232
tel. +1-412-683-9775; fax +1-412-683-7366
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