Am 10.07.98 schrieb Marcus.Brinkmann # ruhr-uni-bochum.de ... Moin [EMAIL PROTECTED]
MB> You are wrong. /usr/share/doc comes *first* in the path, nearly MB> all packages will be converted, ergo there is (nearly) no loss. But it#s possible that we will have such a change of the path again. MB> What both solutions do you mean here and why are they bad? Please be MB> more specific. Adams and my solution, both use the filename as identifier. If you move the file, you break all links to the identifier. MB> > 2.) I would like to add one URL twice. This is not possible with MB> > both solutions: MB> > MB> > Identifier: www.debian.org MB> > Lang: en MB> > MB> > Identifier: www.debian.org MB> > Lang: de MB> Why shouldnt it be possible? The Identifier cant be unique, granted. Because you will have recursive links. The second entries would have a translation link to www.debian.org. MB> ? The user is not allowed to change the search path. It will ever MB> be /usr/share/doc:/usr/doc, nothing else. To specify other directories, MB> one has to provide absolute locations. I don#t think so. Maybe the user will install software in /usr/local or /opt. MB> Did he suggest it? Yes, he did. MB> new packages replace older versions. The package name is identical MB> to the directory name in /usr/doc, you remember? Sure? A lot of packages create several directories, LANG/de, lg, HOWTO, ... MB> > ?? Where#s the difference URL <-> filename? There is no difference in MB> > our discussion. And something like file://localhost/doc is not unique. MB> > Dublin Core itself suggests to use the homepage URL and not a local MB> > file: URL. MB> I dont understand you at all. An URL is a protocol name + ":" + MB> a location specification (host + path). Why is this not different MB> from filenames? Because you refer to a filename. If you use the local fs or the http protocol is no real difference for our problems. MB> And why is the file: specifier not unique? It#s of course unique, but it will change if you change the directory. MB> > And the usage of the homepage is a problem, too. MB> ? If you change the provider, all links are broken. That#s why people talking about solutions like URN. MB> I changed my opinion, maybe we dont need a unique identifier. We need it for links. cu, Marco -- Uni: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fido: 2:240/5202.15 Mailbox: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.tu-harburg.de/~semb2204/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
