Manar Hussain wrote:
> namespace: The set of names that can be validly used for a given entity.
Many thanks -- somehow I thought that there would be more to it than
this!
While I'm wasting bandwidth discussing DC-vocabulary though, I finally
got around to looking up the differences between the terms 'scheme' and
'schema', which is something that's been troubling me for a while -- I
hope that defn 3 of 'scheme' (see below) doesn't prove to be the most
appropriate!
On a more serious note, the language growing up around DC is
increasingly becoming a barrier for the not-so-techie among us; while I
appreciate that this is inevitable on the list, we should take pains to
ensure that more user-friendly terminology is used when promoting Dublin
Core in a wider context.
T.
schema (skj4me) noun
plural schemata (skj-md4te, skn-m`t4e) or schemas
1. A diagrammatic representation; an outline or a model.
2. Psychology. A pattern imposed on complex reality or experience to
assist in explaining it, mediate perception, or guide response.
[Latin schjma, schjmat-, form. See SCHEME.]
scheme (skjm) noun
1. A systematic plan of action.
2. A secret or devious plan; a plot. See synonyms at PLAN.
3. An impractical or unrealistic plan: "Your scheme yields no revenue;
it yields nothing but discontent, disorder, disobedience" (Edmund
Burke).
4. An orderly combination of related parts: an irrigation scheme with
dams, reservoirs, and channels.
5. A chart, a diagram, or an outline of a system or an object.
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