On Fri, 23 Feb 2001, Aaron Swartz wrote:
> Thomas Baker <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > Saying "The default value construct allows one to associate an
> > arbitrary graph of such attributes with a Dublin Core element in the
> > encoded metadata of an application" is different from saying that the
> > elements of that arbitrary graph are attributes of the Dublin Core
> > element itself.
>
> To be quite careful, could you clarify what an "attribut[e] of the Dublin
> Core element" is? I'm new to the terminology and I'd like to make sure I
> don't make any undeserved conclusions.
This is me rewording your point #2 -- that a DC element can resolve to
a first-class resource which itself has properties (I am using
"attributes" and "properties" interchangeably here). I understood you to
imply that dc:creator _is_ by definition the sum of the properties of the
entity represented by, say, the name of that creator.
Tom
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