Thomas Baker <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> 2) http://purl.org/dc/terms/ - "Dublin Core terms" (no!)
I understand that there is a lot of confusion over DC vs. DCMI, etc.
However, I personally feel that keeping the purl.org/dc/ is important for
consistency and understandability. As others have said, Dublin Core has
become a "brand name" -- DCMI has not. People understand what DC and Dublin
Core are -- in fact, the DCMI website is at dublincore.org.
In addition to that, there is another distinction I see. Dublin Core is a
concept -- an idea. DCMI is an organization. The Dublin Core terms will live
on long after the DCMI is gone. In fact, it is possible that in the future a
new organization will take control of the creation of Dublin Core terms, in
which case they should have an appropriate namespace.
Please, let's just leave it at DC.
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