On Thu, 17 Oct 1996, Stu Weibel wrote:
> The canonical representation of Dublin Core elements should be free of
> substructure in order to as simply as possible capture useful elements
> for discovery; Complexity is the enemy of deployment ("Komplexita"t ist
> der Feind des Einsatzes"... ja ja, Ich habe das gesprach... just ask Tom ;)
>
> [...]
>
> Guidelines for these qualifiers should be developed as a seperate work from
> a simple user guide for 'Dublin Core for Dummies' and examples developed to
> support advanced usage.
How about saying that there is a default interpretation of each Dublin
Core metadata element? That is to say an interpretation of the element's
value if there are no sub-elements present. Then any new sub-elements
that are defined must include a default option that _does_not_ effect this
interpretation. That way you only add substructure (ie sub-elements) in
situations that alter the default interpretation.
Tatty bye,
Jim'll
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Jon "Jim'll" Knight, Researcher, Sysop and General Dogsbody, Dept. Computer
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* I've found I now dream in Perl. More worryingly, I enjoy those dreams. *
