In RDF/XML, the "rdf:about" construct is used to indicate what "data"
the metadata describes, e.g, the following fragment:
<rdf:Description
rdf:about="ftp://ftp.ntnu.no/pub/rfc/rfc2413.txt">
<dc:title>Dublin Core Metadata for Resource Discovery</dc:title>
</rdf:Description>
reflects the statement that:
"The title of the resource "ftp://ftp.ntnu.no/pub/rfc/rfc2413.txt' is
'Dublin Core Metadata for Resource Discovery'".
Problem: How can one _best_ express the same statement in HTML.
I can think of two solutions, which I believe both are valid HTML:
1. Using a special link relation named "about":
<LINK
REL="about"
TYPE="text/plain"
HREF="ftp://ftp.ntnu.no/pub/rfc/rfc2413.txt">
<META
NAME="DC.Title"
CONTENT="Dublin Core Metadata for Resource Discovery">
2. Using the DC identifier property:
<META
NAME="DC.Identifier"
CONTENT="ftp://ftp.ntnu.no/pub/rfc/rfc2413.txt">
<META
NAME="DC.Title"
CONTENT="Dublin Core Metadata for Resource Discovery">
Currently, I believe that solution #2 (Using the DC identifier
property) is the canonical way of doing this. I am not completely
comfortable with this, mainly because it creates assymmetry between
expressing DC 1.0 in RDF/XML and expressing it in HTML (i.e. if the
DC.Identifier points to the resource in the HTML, the dc:identifier
should do the same work in RDF/XML, not the rdf:about construct).
I therefore would like to see something like solution #1 adopted.
What are the arguments for and against.
If this proposal gets a favourable reception, what are the chances
of getting it incorporated into the text of John Kunze's DCHTML
draft?
--
- gisle hannemyr ( [log in to unmask] - http://home.sol.no/home/gisle/ )
------------------------------------------------------------------------
"Use the Source, Luke. Use the Source." -- apologies to Obi-Wan Kenobi
------------------------------------------------------------------------
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
