I think that the new definitions should be incorporated in the Usage Guide that
does provide a menu for searching. It does not make sense to maintain two
separate pages that document how to implement Dublin Core.
I will update the glossary to reflect any changes or additions that are
necessary.
Mary Woodley
Rich Kulawiec wrote:
> 1. I'm really happy that all these new documents are available.
>
> 2. I'm really unhappy that my "must-read" list just tripled. ;-)
>
> 3. If I might make a suggestion: I've more-or-less fumbled my way through
> the DC documents in a somewhat ad hoc fashion, and no doubt I've confused
> myself to some extent by reading them in a non-optimal order. It would
> be extremely useful to me (and possibly to others, though I'm admittedly
> speculating here) if someone could toss together a page that
> did two things: (a) give a first-approximation idea of what order the
> documents might be best be read in and (b) give a one-sentence summary
> of why one might want to read each document. Something like:
>
> Documents that explain what Dublin Core is:
> - document 0
>
> Documents that everyone planning to use Dublin Core should read:
> - document 1
> - document 2
>
> Documents that everyone planning to use D.C. in XML should read:
> - document 3
> - document 4
>
> If you're going to use the "date" element, then read:
> - document 5
>
> If you're going to use the "type" element, then read:
> - document 6 (obsoletes document-6-old)
>
> and so on. I suppose this could be called a "roadmap" to the documentation;
> and by suggesting it I don't mean to critique what's already on the site
> (it's highly useful); I'm just trying to figure out how it could be more
> accessible to those us who are newbies to metadata/Dublin Core/etc. without
> incurring huge amounts of work for the webmaster(s).
>
> ---Rsk
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