Re: metadata competition

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

Now that I'm back, for the list; my original off-list email is at the 
bottom for reference ...

FYI, I did download the latest spec, and was left fairly confused by 
their metadata approach.  However, what is clear is that they are 
standardizing on what I've advocated we provide as standard modules for 
ODF: DC and Extended/Qualified DC.

So Brian is right: they are offering broader support of DC than ODF now 
offers. However, while DCQ structures like isPartOf can be really 
useful for large documents, or for things like bibliographic metadata, 
I'm not really clear how they'll make use of it without some kind of 
general modeling and linking technology like RDF. A dcq:isPartOf 
element that is just a string isn't that useful.

Bruce

>  > Hi all,
>  >
>  > I'm in Peru still and don't have access to the setup that allows me 
> to
>  > post to the SC list, but thought you might find Brian Jones comment
>  > about metadata here interesting.
>  >
>  > http://blogs.msdn.com/brian_jones/archive/2006/05/26/607630.aspx
>  >
>  > AFAIK early versions of their format did not use DC. So perhaps a)
>  > metadata may be something that both groups are recognizing as
>  > important, and b) we might see if we can find ways to ensure good
>  > interoperability. I am downloading their spec now to have a look.
>  >
>  > Bruce