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I've been waiting for some kind of a decision on the core elements and format of DC before I start using it, but in the recent flurry of posts several people have mentioned that they or others are using DC already. This got me wondering if these people were including DC-style metadata in their documents in preparation for the future, or if there were actually search engines available now that can make use of metadata in the DC format. In other words, if I start using DC now, can it replace the meta tags like "description" and "keywords" (that I have been using mainly for the benefit of search engines like Alta Vista and InfoSeek), or will I have to include both, at least for a while? I guess this is more a search engine question than a DC question, but if anyone has the answer, I'd like to hear it (see it?). Diane ------------------------ Diane Madrigal [log in to unmask] New York State Library Albany, NY 12230