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Subject: Re: [tm-pubsubj-comment] ISSUES - DC metadata in html
Mary Nishikawa wrote: [...] > I think that we can go back and take a look at what Murray proposed in > his "Augmented Metadata in xhtml" However, the link from our documents > page is broken, so I couldn't access the resource. It is really better > to have the metadata inline with the identifier, however, I worry about > the complexity and resources that it could create; if all the metadata > is in the header, it might be easier. It's really quite simple to obtain all <meta> elements in a document, regardless of where they are and whether you're using DOM, SAX, or JDOM APIs. I believe the added benefits of locating the metadata for an element as a child of that element outweigh the drawbacks. Management is certainly a lot easier (no links to maintain!). I've reposted the "Augmented Metadata in XHTML" draft on my own web site: http://www.altheim.com/specs/meta/NOTE-xhtml-augmeta.html > It would be good to get feedback from DCMI, Network Working Group. See > http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2731.txt Encoding Dublin Core Metadata in > HTML ( I don't mind contacting them if you want me to. The longer time has passed on that early idea the more I like it, and am beginning to think people could avoid a great deal of wasted work on the Semantic Web if this simple idea were adopted, rather than trying to develop some new markup language to be included in Web pages. Using the existing <meta> element is simple, backward compatible (ie., invisible) to existing web browsers, and doesn't require any further development or infrastructure change. It also avoids RDF, which I simply cannot believe "normal" Web authors to attempt to tackle. Dublin Core plus <meta> is really all one needs to augment Web pages. Murray ...................................................................... Murray Altheim <http://kmi.open.ac.uk/people/murray/> Knowledge Media Institute The Open University, Milton Keynes, Bucks, MK7 6AA, UK In the evening The rice leaves in the garden Rustle in the autumn wind That blows through my reed hut. -- Minamoto no Tsunenobu
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