Hi Lisa, Indeed, XHTML2 lets us define any element or string to be, say, "dc:creator" or "dc:subject". What it does *not* do is let us specify that the value of dc:subject is, say, "foo:bar", where "foo" identifies a vocabulary and "bar" a term in that vocabulary. Misha -----Original Message----- From: [log in to unmask] [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Lisa Seeman Sent: 07 June 2005 20:16 To: Misha Wolf Cc: [log in to unmask]; [log in to unmask]; [log in to unmask]; [log in to unmask]; [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: DC in XHTML2 I understand that there are two other ways to do this 1, Properties attribute - for example: If you have the author written in a span in the top of a document, you can say that <span property = "dc:creator"> 2, I believe that you can add the link element now inside the body, effectively creating the ability to add meta data to any section All the best Lisa Seeman ----------------------------------------------------------------- Visit our Internet site at http://www.reuters.com To find out more about Reuters Products and Services visit http://www.reuters.com/productinfo Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, except where the sender specifically states them to be the views of Reuters Ltd.