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Subject: Re: [office-metadata] RDFa model and xml:id
Bruce, Bruce D'Arcus wrote: > > On Dec 13, 2006, at 10:43 AM, Patrick Durusau wrote: > > ... > >> So if I copy and paste: >> >> <div id="location1">....</div> ... <div id="starttime1"> </div> >> >> I haven't lost the context???? > > > In my citation case, an application would have to look in the metadata > files to find all the statements related to that field, and then move > them over as well. > > I'm not an engineer, so I don't really KNOW that this is a problem, > but seems to me something we ought to discuss. I am assuming > copy-and-paste is an issue, and you that it is not. We need to clarify > this with the engineers. > Yes, I am presuming a "smart" copy-n-paste function. But as you say, we need to ask the engineers. > ... > >> The non-duplication of data is a presumption that is *not* shared and >> neither you nor Bruce have made a case for it. To this point I have >> heard, RDFa does it that way, which is fine by me, but not an >> argument that we should do it as well. > > > For the record, I'm not invested in this position either way. > Duplication per se isn't a problem for me. > >> What I am trying to suggest is that if we can do linking along the >> lines I have suggested, then sure, have RDF in the metadata. Or to >> put it another way, RDFa is designed for a different format than ODF >> and whatever its merits there, I don't think we should take it over >> wholesale for ODF. > > > I agree with the don't use it wholesale, but also with the don't > reject wholesale. There is board overlap in use cases here, even if > the formats are a little different. > Sure. I am going to work on examples for how processing would differ given inline or meta* storage of metadata. I don't know that I will have time to generate files to show the difference in parsing time but maybe it will be a good weekend. Let's try to keep the mailing list full of interesting post so we can have a full house next week as well! Hope you are having a great day! Patrick > Bruce > > > > -- Patrick Durusau Patrick@Durusau.net Chair, V1 - Text Processing: Office and Publishing Systems Interface Co-Editor, ISO 13250, Topic Maps -- Reference Model Member, Text Encoding Initiative Board of Directors, 2003-2005 Topic Maps: Human, not artificial, intelligence at work!
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