On Mon, 27 Sep 1999, Renato Iannella wrote:

> Andy, I think the difference is in the *overlap* of the metadata
> used to *identify* and that used to *contact*. 
> 
> The current Agents proposal [1] basically says lets use the
> same (external) metadata for both. (Simply because that is what
> people are doing and want to do, see [2]).
> 
> Whereas, your proposal [3] says, lets create our own (DCMI) set of metadata
> for *identification* and use external systems for *contact*.
> 
> Is this an accurate position as to where we are with DC Agents??

Seems to me the current proposal [1] attempts to give a solution for those
implementations that have requirement for detailed contact information.
Several implementations in [2] require less detail.

I believe the WG should be looking for a limited set of qualifiers that
would be of widespread use. Can we recommend that v-Card semantics are
used but go on to identify a sub-set which we reckon are the 'core'
qualifiers??

Rachel





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> [1] http://www.mailbase.ac.uk/lists/dc-agents/files/qualifier-prop.html
> [2] http://www.mailbase.ac.uk/lists/dc-agents/files/qualifier-table.html
> [3] http://homes.ukoln.ac.uk/~lisap/dc/agent-qual.html
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> 
> Cheers... Renato
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