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Eric, Couldn't we satisfy Stu's versioning requirement by adding a new property (i.e., version) to the eor schema? Regards, Harry > -----Original Message----- > From: Eric Miller [mailto:[log in to unmask]] > Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2001 4:55 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: Multilingual RDF schemas for DC (Was Re: > Internationalization ) > > > At 03:21 PM 8/15/2001 -0400, you wrote: > >Hi Pete, > >Using property files for internationalizing web apps is a > Java technique. > >Here is a good overview: > >http://developer.java.sun.com/developer/technicalArticles/Int > l/ResourceBundl > >es/ I wrote http://pcatstats.oclc.org/servlet/PcatLocale using this > >technique. Property files work well if you know the text > you will output, > >as in our case (where all the labels, comments, etc are > already known). > >This technique does not work well though for user input (i.e., search > >terms). > > Also, by reading the purpose and scope document > http://dublincore.org/groups/registry/purpose-20010511.shtmlre gistry there are going to be a lot of additional requirements to supporting the management of different languages. Requirements for associating status with dc:terms (e.g. deprecated, recommended, etc.), identifying which dc:terms are used in what application, looking for examples that use some dc:term, etc. all seem to be on the table. Viewing these all as simply additional characteristics of some dc:term provides a convenient means for managing these requirements. I'm in no means suggesting these requirements are all part of what's considered part of 1.0, however, to the extent they can all be implemented in a similar and consistent manner makes for a more flexible and efficient registry. >I agree that we would be better off with multiple language versions of the >schemas. I question whether or not these are actually different schemas, >since the schema itself, and all of it's properties resolve to the same >resources??? Using ths approach should simplify processing. I am fairly >certain this is the technique used for >http://www.dl.ulis.ac.jp/DCML/DCML.html. > >Stu brought up a good point. If we go this route we have to have a means to >identify version changes. Possibly a new element in the EOR schema??? Err... I think Stu just stumbled upon the reason why there was a strong interest from several people during the "Namespace debates" to give new unique identifiers for new terms. -- eric miller http://www.w3.org/people/em/ semantic web activity lead mailto:[log in to unmask] w3c world wide web consortium tel:1.614.763.1100 200 technology square, ne43-350 fax:1.208.330.5213 cambridge, ma 02139 usa