One week has elapsed since the position paper on DC.Format
from the Type & Format working group was posted.
I have detected the following issues raised:
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1. MIME types
Format information for digital resources is not comprehensively
covered by existing MIME types. Thus, MIME types can only be
specified "whenever possible".
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2. Compressed files
The frequent occurence of "nested" formats, exemplified by
compressed versions of other formats, points to another important
goal for more structured DC.Format.
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I've posted a new version of the DC.Format position paper
revised by me to incorporate these issues at
http://www.agcrc.csiro.au/projects/3018CO/metadata/dc_tf/format_2.html
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Dr Simon Cox - Australian Geodynamics Cooperative Research Centre
CSIRO Exploration & Mining, PO Box 437, Nedlands, WA 6009 Australia
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