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Subject: comment on Artifact Identification Requirements
I'd like to reiterate my comment [1] to the "chairs" list made October 6, 2004 regarding the Artifact Identification Requirements being put out by the OASIS TAB. I do not feel that it is appropriate to embed so much metadata into a file name, and instead prefer an approach that is something like what Norm Walsh lays out in [2]. When I look across the OASIS community at all of the specifications, I notice that most of them do not take advantage of the benefits afforded to us by hypertext -- which includes numerous ways of embedding critical metadata into an easily accessible and indexable part of the document. The solution, IMO, is not to avoid the tough, and unpopular decision to standardise on an open publication format and shove all of the metadata into a file name. Ideally, all OASIS specifications would be published in at least one format: XHTML which would be run through a validation tool prior to publication to make sure the proper metadata has been added to it. Other formats such as PDF (for print fidelity) and Word/OpenOffice (for editing, perhaps) can be optional. The OASIS infrastructure can easily be improved to work hand-in-hand with metadata embedded into the documents. Respectfully, Matt MacKenzie Software Development Manager Adobe Systems Incorporated [1] http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/chairs/200410/msg00002.html [2] http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/entity-resolution/200506/msg00024.html
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