> Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1999 05:08:23 +0000
> From: Alex Satrapa <[log in to unmask]>
>
> David Bearman wrote:
> [In relation to the HasMetadataAuthor/IsMetadataAuthorOf]
>
> > In general, the reciprocity of relations does not suggest that both should
> > be recorded, just that either could be. Almost by definition, one relation
> > has to be established after the thing it relates to already exists, so
> > typically the pre-existing metadata would not carry the pointer.
> > David
>
> The one-way link would work fine if some form of signature was involved.
>
> Otherwise what's to stop Dodgey Bros. Suspect Metadata Corp. using DC to spam
> people's results with their advertisments, by claiming in their Dublin Core
> metadata that every advertisment has x, y and z DC.Subject values, and the author
> is "Stu Wiebel", whose metadata is usually highly trusted?
What's to stop them? Lawyers, I think.
Ignoring digital signatures (or any other cryptographic security techniques)
for the moment, if someone forges email or metadata claiming its author
to be me, I believe I can sue them.
-John
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