Has anybody considered an alternative view of DC - that is based on
object-orientation? The information resource is an object and DC is
an interface to that object. We replace the existing DC with an
interface description and use an IDL in place of RDF. Thus metadata
is not an attribute of passive data but a capability of an active
resource.
Anthony
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