Simon,
Another obvious event which might be included in the example list is a
conference. However, if I go to the WWW8 home page at www8.org (which
incidentally has no metadata), this would not be classified itself as an
event, rather as text. Therefore, do I have to encode a separate instance of
metadata, say as a digital surrogate, to represent the conference itself,
with a link to the conference's homepage ?
Also, how is a virtual exhibition resolved ? The NLA has held a live
exhibition which is now available on the Web, at
http://www.nla.gov.au/exhibitions/fence/picket.html.
Would I have to create 2 instances of metadata to describe it or can I just
repeat the type element ?
Thanks,
Debbie
Metadata Coordinator
National Initiatives And Collaboration Branch
ph. 02 6262 1673
fx. 02 6273 1180
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> From: Simon Cox[SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Tuesday, 8 September 1998 11:55 AM
> To: DC type and format; DC main list
> Subject: "event" - a new value for DC.Type ( dc:Type ?)
>
> Paul Miller, on behalf of the CIMI group, has suggested that
> we include a new value in the list for DC.Type - "event".
> Here is an extract from his mail:
>
> > In the meantime, however, one self-contained suggestion
> > from that group which I can put forward is a wish that
> > 'event' be added as a type.
> >
> > At the most basic, this obviously refers to exhibitions,
> > live web-casts, etc, and probably applies quite broadly.
> >
> > With greater resolution, the new type also becomes the
> > basis of quite a sophisticated interpretation of the 1:1 model,
> > whereby the notion of use/creation/re-use/etc. events may be
> > applied both to physical objects and to their surrogates,
> > whether analogue or digital.
>
>
> I'm inclined to support this proposal. It might
> help us out of quite a few tricky ones. I forsee
> that the "sophisticated interpretation of the 1:1 model"
> that Paul refers to could well address some problems that
> have been raised relating to the underlying datamodel of
> a resource description system. This is particularly
> important as we extend the reach of DC beyond electronic
> resources. For example, Lorcan Dempsey has given an
> example drawn from IFLA:
>
> > Abstract work - Hamlet as intellectual creation
> > Expression - Hamlet as text or Hamlet as performance or ..
> > Manifestaion - Arden 1956 edition of Hamlet text, ...
> > Item - one copy of the above, ...)
>
> "event" clearly helps us out here as a type for the second item
> on the list. I guess there may be a question about how useful
> a "resource" of type "event" is to future users, (can't really be
> retrieved!) but it will certainly be useful in descriptions of
> transformative stages in a chain of related resources.
>
> "event" could also be seen as having a certain symmetry with
> "physical object" - the latter describes resources which
> are fundamentally unique in space (though they may move
> realtive to a particular frame of reference) - events are
> closely tied to a moment in time (and also, possibly, space).
>
> I would like to propose that we add "event" to the list of
> blessed values for simple DC.Type, with the following gloss:
>
> event
> non-persistent resources tied to a moment in time.
> These will often involve the transformation of source
> resources (such as scripts, scores, etc) and may be recorded
> thereby creating derived resources (eg. on
> film, tape, or as a transcript) but have a fundamental
> identity separate from either of these. For example -
> exhibition, web-cast, performance, battle, trial, wedding.
>
> If there is no disagreement, I will add this to the working draft
> at http://www.agcrc.csiro.au/projects/3018CO/metadata/dc_tf/
> on Friday 18th September.
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