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Subject: RE: [office-comment] 1.2 para 3.1.7
> Yeah. We need GUID's for people. The work on ISNI - International Standard Name Identifiers (ISO 27729 - in draft) is worth tracking if we're thinking about using IDs for parties ... - Alex. > > -Rob > > > > > "Dennis E. Hamilton" <dennis.hamilton@acm.org> > 07/01/2008 10:58 AM > Please respond to > <dennis.hamilton@acm.org> > > > To > <office-comment@lists.oasis-open.org> > cc > "'Dave Pawson'" <dave.pawson@gmail.com> > Subject > RE: [office-comment] 1.2 para 3.1.7 > > > > > > > My biggest problem with these Dublin Core elements is not the semantics > but the absence of any syntax whatsoever (well, beyond "a string" more > or > less). > > That may not be a problem in the uses made in ODF, but it is a > nightmare > with regard to metadata consistency and attempting to automatically > catalog from document profiles in repositories, especially if some > applications are designed to fill this in automatically with something > as > strange as the logged-in-user ID (not mentioning any names). > > I am not sure this is an ODF problem, but it strikes me as very much a > Dublin Core problem. > > - Dennis > > Dennis E. Hamilton > ------------------ > NuovoDoc: Design for Document System Interoperability > mailto:Dennis.Hamilton@acm.org | gsm:+1-206.779.9430 > http://NuovoDoc.com http://ODMA.info/dev/ http://nfoWorks.org > > > -----Original Message----- > http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/office- > comment/200807/msg00009.html > From: Dave Pawson [mailto:dave.pawson@gmail.com] > Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2008 03:17 > To: office-comment@lists.oasis-open.org > Subject: [office-comment] 1.2 para 3.1.7 > > The <dc:creator> element specifies the name of the person who last > modified the document. The name of this element was chosen for > compatibility with the Dublin Core, but this definition of "creator" > used here differs from Dublin Core, which defines creator as "An > entity primarily responsible for making the content of the resource." > > > If the semantics are different from dublin core please use a different > element name. > There is no point in diluting DC semantics. > > regards > > -- > Dave Pawson > XSLT XSL-FO FAQ. > http://www.dpawson.co.uk > > > -- > This publicly archived list offers a means to provide input to the > OASIS Open Document Format for Office Applications (OpenDocument) TC. > > In order to verify user consent to the Feedback License terms and > to minimize spam in the list archive, subscription is required > before posting. > > Subscribe: office-comment-subscribe@lists.oasis-open.org > Unsubscribe: office-comment-unsubscribe@lists.oasis-open.org > List help: office-comment-help@lists.oasis-open.org > List archive: http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/office-comment/ > Feedback License: http://www.oasis- > open.org/who/ipr/feedback_license.pdf > List Guidelines: http://www.oasis-open.org/maillists/guidelines.php > Committee: > http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/tc_home.php?wg_abbrev=office >
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