There have been no further issues raised or discussion of
the DC.Format position paper, except in connection with
surrogacy which have been dealt with as part of discussions
on DC.Type. I propose that we accept the current version of
the position paper, posted at
http://www.agcrc.csiro.au/projects/3018CO/metadata/dc_tf/format_2.html
as representing the views of the Type and Format
working group modified by the meta2 list, for forwarding to the
DC Advisory Committees.
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Here is the 1998-07-23 message regarding DC.Format issues:
>
> One week has elapsed since the position paper on DC.Format
> from the Type & Format working group was posted.
>
> I have detected the following issues raised:
>
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>
> 1. MIME types
>
> Format information for digital resources is not comprehensively
> covered by existing MIME types. Thus, MIME types can only be
> specified "whenever possible".
>
> ------------------------
>
> 2. Compressed files
>
> The frequent occurence of "nested" formats, exemplified by
> compressed versions of other formats, points to another important
> goal for more structured DC.Format.
>
> ------------------------
>
> I've posted a new version of the DC.Format position paper
> revised by me to incorporate these issues at
>
> http://www.agcrc.csiro.au/projects/3018CO/metadata/dc_tf/format_2.html
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