Re: [office-metadata] Automatically generated metadata

[Bruce D'Arcus <bruce.darcus@OpenDocument.us>]

On Jun 22, 2006, at 5:19 PM, robert_weir@us.ibm.com wrote:

> I think you make the case very well, "..the metadata mechanisms we 
> specify should not care how the metadata populates the document, 
> whether manually entered or automatically generated."  The question 
> then is, is this an obvious statement that goes without saying, or is 
> it worth putting as a use case so it will be a criterion against which 
> we evaluate implementation proposals?

I guess that would be one way to view the use case document; as in part 
presenting what might be possible with metadata support, even if the 
actual result doesn't itself implement it all.

I don't have a strong position myself, but would say if in doubt, let's 
include it. The TC can always scratch something as out-of-scope later.

Bruce