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Subject: Re: [office] text:meta-field
On 30/10/2007, Bruce D'Arcus <bdarcus@gmail.com> wrote: > > OK, we all need to take a step back and explain exactly what we mean, > b/c it appears we're all talking past one another ATM: True. > > What I'm meaning by "inline metadata" (as it's described in the > metadata proposal) is where the content of the document represents the > literal object of an RDF triple. Use case is user wants to tag text > say it is a title, or a date, or a description. In our metadata > proposal, this gets encoded using attributes on existing content > elements. > > OTOH, text:meta-field is a container for a representation of of some > resource. Use case is user wants to add a citation (a reference to a > book), or a letter-writer wants to add contact information (a > reference to a person), or a doctor wants to enter a prescription. All > of these involve encoding or linking to structured metadata (as > opposed to a simple literal). Is that the base difference Bruce? Object of inline metadata is a literal? text:meta-field is a container of n triples? > Florian/Oliver, what is the precise use case here? Do not tell us > "customer says they want a field". Explain what do they want to do. Please, rather than give us a technical solution to a problem that we don't understand. regards -- Dave Pawson XSLT XSL-FO FAQ. http://www.dpawson.co.uk
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