On Wed, 27 Nov 1996, John Kunze wrote:
> The needs of Indexers will be different from those of Searchers and those
> of the Providers.
I'd like to see some reasoning as to why these groups should have
different needs from DC. To my mind, the Indexers are providing a service
to the Searchers and so they'd better make sure that their use of metadata
data ties into the needs of the Searchers (ie is the same if possible). As
Providers will supply metadata mainly because they want to their target
audience locate their pages more easily and accurately then they too will
want to use metadata that the Searchers can understand (especially seeing
as on the web many Providers do double duty as Searchers as well; why make
them learn two different sets of metadata?).
Dublin Core Classic has to my mind support for most of the metadata that
Searchers typically wish to search Indexers for and that is likely to be
provided by Providers. IMHO this is a done deal now and we just need to
get the tools into people's hands to get them using it. With companies
like Bunyip and SoftQuad in on this bandwagon, and individuals already
having code that is revved up and ready to go, that shouldn't be _too_
difficult. But we've got to say "OK, v1 of Dublin Core is now stable and
frozen" so that people will actually feel comfortable making a commitment
to use it. I reckon we're more or less ready now and if we don't do it
soon then someone will just come along and do it for us.
Tatty bye,
Jim'll
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Jon "Jim'll" Knight, Researcher, Sysop and General Dogsbody, Dept. Computer
Studies, Loughborough University of Technology, Leics., ENGLAND. LE11 3TU.
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