Re: [office-metadata] RDFa model and xml:id

[Patrick Durusau <patrick@durusau.net>]

Bruce,

Bruce D'Arcus wrote:

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> On Dec 13, 2006, at 10:43 AM, Patrick Durusau wrote:
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>> So if I copy and paste:
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>> <div id="location1">....</div> ... <div id="starttime1"> </div>
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>> I haven't lost the context????
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> In my citation case, an application would have to look in the metadata 
> files to find all the statements related to that field, and then move 
> them over as well.
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> I'm not an engineer, so I don't really KNOW that this is a problem, 
> but seems to me something we ought to discuss. I am assuming 
> copy-and-paste is an issue, and you that it is not. We need to clarify 
> this with the engineers.
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Yes, I am presuming a "smart" copy-n-paste function. But as you say, we 
need to ask the engineers.

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>> The non-duplication of data is a presumption that is *not* shared and 
>> neither you nor Bruce have made a case for it. To this point I have 
>> heard, RDFa does it that way, which is fine by me, but not an 
>> argument that we should do it as well.
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> For the record, I'm not invested in this position either way. 
> Duplication per se isn't a problem for me.
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>> What I am trying to suggest is that if we can do linking along the 
>> lines I have suggested, then sure, have RDF in the metadata. Or to 
>> put it another way, RDFa is designed for a different format than ODF 
>> and whatever its merits there, I don't think we should take it over 
>> wholesale for ODF.
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> I agree with the don't use it wholesale, but also with the don't 
> reject wholesale. There is board overlap in use cases here, even if 
> the formats are a little different.
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Sure. I am going to work on examples for how processing would differ 
given inline or meta* storage of metadata. I don't know that I will have 
time to generate files to show the difference in parsing time but maybe 
it will be a good weekend.

Let's try to keep the mailing list full of interesting post so we can 
have a full house next week as well!

Hope you are having a great day!

Patrick

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Patrick Durusau
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