Thanks Stu,
unlike Debra I just fumed silently!
Frank
----- Original Message -----
From: "Weibel,Stu" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, November 26, 2002 3:13 PM
Subject: Re: DC element set
> On the bright side of things, its nice to see that people use and read the
> site. I'm sorry that in our zeal to formalize management (and provenance)
> of the metadata terms, we managed to lose sight of simplicity and
> readability.
>
> We will go back and sort this out... but please be a bit patient with us,
as
> the US is about to break for Thanksgiving holiday, and there may be a bit
of
> a delay.
>
> Thanks, Debra, for reminding us to keep our eye on the ball. We really
> appreciate this sort of feedback, and hope others will help keep us on
> track!
>
> regards,
>
> stu
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Debra Shapiro [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Tuesday, November 26, 2002 3:05 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Cc: Weibel,Stu
> Subject: DC element set
>
>
> Umm, maybe I am too unscientific, but it seems to me that the DC
> element set has got buried at the DCMI homepage again. We do not have
> an easily accessible simple list of the 15 elements. We instead have
> these carefully crafted (and metadata rich!) pages with all kinds of
> information about supersedes and versions. Even the follow "this
> version" link, as instructed, does not take you very directly into
> the Usage Guide which seems to me to be the place where the simplest
> and most up to date element list is.
>
> A few years ago when the site was redesigned, Stu asked for input on
> what the site should be like, and an easy, always visible link from
> http://dublincore.org/ to the element set was suggested by a number
> of people. The current elements link we have now
> http://dublincore.org/usage/terms/dc/current-elements/ doesn't do it
> -- it takes too much sleuthing around the site to find the basic
> elements.
>
> Also, should one want to encode DC in html with link references, what
> do you use for a URL for a simple definition of an element? As far as
> I know, the Nordic Template is still linking to the 1998 element set,
> DC 1.0
>
> Are we making things too hard for ourselves?
>
> IMHO, anyways.
> Debra
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