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Andy wrote: > I would also like to suggest that the current recommendations for DCMI > Point, DCMI Box, DCMI Period (and the DCMI DCSV recommendation on which > they are based) are very confusing in that they associate a single > encoding scheme name (Point, Box, Period) with two encoding syntaxes (one > based on DCSV and one based on XML). This is very unfortunate IMHO. I first thought so as well...but maybe that's a bit of a hasty conclusion. Fixes are needed anyway - > > http://dublincore.org/documents/2000/07/28/dcmi-point/ > http://dublincore.org/documents/2000/07/28/dcmi-box/ > http://dublincore.org/documents/2000/07/28/dcmi-period/ > > Please can we fix these three existing recommendations and associate the > encoding scheme names (Point, Box, Period) to a single encoding syntax > based on DCSV? They all list the DCSV encoding as the default encoding > syntax so I do not beleive that there will be a significant impact if such > a change is made. > > It may also be appropriate to approve DCSV as a recommended encoding > scheme, but this should be done in the proper way thru the Usage Board. If > this is done, DCSV should be used separately from (not in combination > with) Point, Box and Period. Actually the rec which describes DCSV i STRONGLY suggest to fix first. rs > > Andy > -- > Distributed Systems and Services > UKOLN, University of Bath, Bath, BA2 7AY, UK [log in to unmask] > http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/ukoln/staff/a.powell Voice: +44 1225 383933 > Resource Discovery Network http://www.rdn.ac.uk/ Fax: +44 1225 386838 >