> From [log in to unmask] Tue Oct 30 18:27 MET 2001
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> Date:         Tue, 30 Oct 2001 09:27:20 -0800
> From: Stuart Sutton <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject:      Possible revisions to Usage Board Administrative Processes
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> In working on the Usage Board response to the DC-Gov proposal, a couple of
> points emerged for me with regards to the UB Admin. Processes.  In Part 3.2
> we outline what a proposal should contain and in Part 3.3 (new) we outline
> the criteria for evaluation.  It now appears to me that sub-parts 3.3.3.3
> through 3.3.4.3 ask us to evaluate aspects of the proposal for which we may
> not have information if we don't ask for it from the proposers.  Therefore,
> I suggest that we consider reframing 3.3.3.3 through 3.3.4.2 as requests for
> information and move them up under 3.2.  Here's the text of the parts of
> concern:
>
> 3.3.3.3. Are there alternative ways of implementing the term? Within the
> conceptual framework of the Dublin Core Element Set (i.e., element/element
> qualifiers and value/value qualifiers), are there alternative ways to
> achieve the ends sought?
> 3.3.4. Needs
> 3.3.4.1. Is there a clear requirement in existing implementations for the
> term in support of resource discovery?
> 3.3.4.2. Is there a demonstrated need for the proposed element, element
> qualifier, or value qualifier?
> 3.3.4.3. Are there existing implementations or controlled vocabularies,
> etc., supporting the term?
>
> Also, under 3.2.5 we ask the proposers to identify whether the proposal "is
> an Element, Encoding Scheme, Controlled Vocabulary, or Element Refinement."
> Since schemes and vocabularies are generally registered now and _not_
> brought forward to the UB as proposals (unless it's a DCMI scheme or

I agree: schemes and vocabs should not submitted as "proposals" but as submission for registration, with the procedure
we laid out for that.


Thanks for taking care
rs

> vocabulary), we should try and clarify this section.
>
> Stuart
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