Re: [office-metadata] Groups - ODF-Metadata-Proposal-22August2007 (07-08-22-ODF-Metadata-Proposal.odt) uploaded

[Bruce D'Arcus <bdarcus@gmail.com>]

Patrick Durusau wrote:

> Bruce D'Arcus wrote:
>> And what happened to my request that people look into my suggestion 
>> for the generic field classes and properties?
>>
> I and I assume others are going to take it up with an eye towards asking 
> the TC to incorporate it into the proposal.

OK, no problem.

>> Or more generally, how are we going to manage things going forward in 
>> terms of encouraging standardization of implementation for particular 
>> use cases (like two that are on the plate now: citations and license 
>> information)?
>>
> Personally I would like to see the ODF TC publish "best practices" for 
> metadata and when some particular "best practice" becomes wide spread, 
> then to fold it into the standard. That would not restrict 
> experimentation and yet at the same time allow the TC to incorporate 
> what has been found to be popular among particular user communities.

That sounds good to me. I guess we'll just have to figure out exactly 
how best to do that. The wiki might be helpful?

Bruce