Re: [office-metadata] [Fwd: Re: Comment on "Meta to RDF" proposal]

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

Tim,

Just a quick response on this (I'm on the metadata sc)

On Apr 5, 2006, at 7:05 AM, Patrick Durusau wrote:

> Greetings!
>
> A suggestion from Tim Berners-Lee for the metadata SC.

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Tim wrote:

>> Is it possible that the RDF mapping, rather than being limited to the 
>>  examples you give, could be made into a general algorithm?

Yes, I sure hope so!

FYI, we have not yet had the first conference call meeting of the SC, 
and we've just started collecting use cases, which we're putting on our 
wiki:

	<http://wiki.oasis-open.org/office/metadata_use_cases>

We are encouraging people to submit suggestions.

However, the TC had been discussing metadata since last summer (I 
joined in January), so I do think there's at least some consensus for 
the need for a general metadata framework in ODF, and an understanding 
of a general approach, as well as potential issues.

I laid out my own perspective on issues and ways forward most clearly 
here, just to give you a sense:

	<http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/office/200602/msg00017.html>

We formed the SC to provide a more clear forum and structure to move 
forward on resolving what we want to do and how.

Bruce