[log in to unmask] wrote, among other things:
> >In STM journals, we are likely to regard an author's affiliation as
> significant metadata.
> Dublin Core has specifically stated that affiliation is *not* to be
> regarded as equivalent to
> DC.Creator.PersonalName.Address (since this is the author's personal
> address, not his or her
> place of work), and suggested that this tag should be dealt with as a
> local extension. (I am lobbying for an authoritative body such as the
> International STM
> group to endorse a set of local extensions optimised for STM journals.)
There is clearly a need for structured affiliation information, contact
information, and address information associated with agents such as Creator,
Contributor, Publisher. The 'dot syntax' in the above example is a META-tag
kludge that will not serve us well in the long run. One current discussion in
the Data Model group is to adopt an acceptable structure from elsewhere and
promote its adoption. vCard is one such example, promoted by the Internet Mail
Consortium as well-structured information about people... a virtual business
card. Another alternative is the Library of Congress Name Authority structure,
which has a somewhat different orientation, but also represents a structured
agent record.
I urge Cliff to look at these options to see whether either meets the needs
of the STM community and report back to us. If not, an additional
community-based proposal would certainly be in order.
stu
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