I have a general enquiry I'd like to throw open to the whole list. If
this has been dealt with before, I apologise in advance for going over
old ground.
As understand it none of the search engines accessible on the web
(Yahoo, Alta Vista, Excite, Infoseek, etc.) will actually read DC meta
tags. Since its fairly obvious that search engines which use metadata
will be critical to uptake and successful deployment of metadata schemas
I'm wondering if there is any ongoing dialogue between the DC community
and the search engine developers. Both communities are primarily based
in North America so it would seem like a reasonable step. Can anyone
tell me what is happening and how much progress has been made with
getting search engine developers to start working on search engines that
actually read and understand metadata embedded in web pages?
thanks,
Andrew Wilson
National Archives of Australia
Email: [log in to unmask]
Ph: +61 2 6212 3694
Fax: + 61 2 6212 3997
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