On Wed, 14 Jan 1998, Jon Knight wrote:
|On Wed, 14 Jan 1998, Nancy Morgan wrote:
|> Whether it's true or not, there is a perception of instability.
|> Niso standardization will help.
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|Well seeing as I seem to be in a minority of one on this one, fair enough.
|I find the thought of people using DC (or anything) just because its been
|rubber stamped by a standards body rather than proved in the field rather
|frightening. However, that's their problem. More of a problem for me is
|how will a standardised DC impact our community ability to modify DC in
|the future? Or are we aiming for a point when we can finally say, "Right
|DC is done, it works, its standardised, we can get on with the rest of our
|lives."?
I don't think you're in a minority of one. On the other hand, there
are a frighteningly large number of people out there who want to be
told that life is really really simple, and the Dublin Core will solve
all their problems. They are mistaken. But it's probably better not
to remind them of this too often. Let them standardize their 12
untested simplifications. Maybe then we'll be able to get on with the
rest of our lives, trying to solve the real problems...
annoyingly,
Lou
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|Tatty bye,
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|Jim'll
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