On the whole, I found John Kunze's "Encoding Dublin Core Metadata in
HTML" easy to follow and even easier to implement and I am in the
process of completing implementation on a number of my library's web
pages using this document as a guide. Thank you.
There are two points which stand out.
1) Use of the ADMIN prefix.
Examples elsewhere (*not* in "Encoding Dublin Core...") of Dublin Core
suggest the following as the first line implementing Dublin Core in
<HEAD>:
<META NAME="package" CONTENT="(TYPE=begin)Dublin Core">
with a similar line as the last line of the code sequence. Does this
not present an anomaly for the use of the ADMIN core prefix within a
package which is described as Dublin Core? The example provided in
"Encoding Dublin Core..." was in the use of
<META NAME="DC.Creator" CONTENT="Da Costa, Jos..."> which was followed
by
<META NAME="ADMIN.CreatorEmail" CONTENT="dacosta@peoplesmail...">
If the anomaly is of concern, and the use of ADMIN within Dublin Core,
when coded as a "package" is not recommended, could the matter, in this
example, be handled by way of extension: <META NAME="DC.Creator.Email"
CONTENT="..."> and so on, to include any number of points of contact
such as: MailingAddress; TelephoneNumber, etc?
2) DC.Type CONTENT
What struck me as being less a controlled vocabulary than I had
anticipated were the CONTENT examples which were provided for DC.Type.
This led me to describe some of our digital resources as: "index,"
"directory," "finding aid," "photographic exhibition," and
"exhibition."
Examples are located thoughout the digital resources via the directory:
http://www.alexandria.lib.va.us/exhibit.htm
Joyce A. McMullin
Weibel,Stu wrote:
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> So, I urge those with the interest and expertise (especially implementers)
> to give this document careful attention if you have not yet done so. Does
> it make clear what you need to do? Is it complete? Do the examples serve
> appropriate pedagogical goals, and are they correct?
>
>
> regards,
>
> stu
>
> references
>
> [1] Encoding Dublin COre Metadata in HTML
> <ftp://ftp.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-kunze-dchtml-00.txt>
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220 N. Washington St.
Alexandria, VA 22314 USA
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