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At DC-6, I'd like to discuss the following with others interested in the Subject element ... Reuters is the world's leading Financial Information and News company. We have adopted qualifed DC for clasifying the vast amount of information we generate, to enable our customers to find the items they want in this deluge of facts. The DC element that has seemed most appropriate for this classification is Subject. There are a number of distinct concept systems we wish to represent here, including: - currencies, - stock exchanges, - industry sectors, - locations, - organizations (eg companies), - people, - topics (eg "health"). Note that the locations mentioned above do not seem to belong in the Coverage element. Let's say a News story says that Dana International has won the Eurovision song contest. Dana International is an Israeli singer, but it would seem to make little sense to place a code for Israel in the Coverage element. Now, the issue is that we have agreed to qualify the Subject element with a Scheme but not, so far, a Type. I would like to suggest that categories such as those listed above belong in a dcq:SubjectType. Note: This is *not* a suggestion that the DC community produce a list of Subject Types. If you are still reading, you may want to discuss this in Washington. Misha ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Misha Wolf Email: [log in to unmask] 85 Fleet Street Standards Manager Voice: +44 171 542 6722 London EC4P 4AJ Reuters Limited Fax : +44 171 542 8314 UK ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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.