Jörn Nettingsmeier wrote:
Andreas Hartmann wrote:
Doug Chestnut wrote:
Hi Andreas,
My understanding of the dublin core terms (of type element-refinement)
is that they are qualifiers which "enhance the precision" of the
elements.
http://dublincore.org/resources/faq/#dumbdown
It seems that we are treating the terms as an extended set of
elements. Perhaps the interface just needs to be changed so that
the term can be selected on the dc element which it refines.
Perhaps the conf below could reference terms like:
<element name="abstract" refines="dc:description"/>
<element name="accessRights" refines="dc:rights"/>
<element name="alternative" refines="dc:title"/>
i just re-read the dublincore.org site, and i realized that the dc core
recommendations (which few people seem to use as-is) are not especially
clear or even useful in this regard. for a good definition of
two-dimensional qualified metadata, refer to the library working groups'
application profile at
http://dublincore.org/documents/2002/04/16/library-application-profile/
in it's implementation guideline, dublin core does not define fixed
relations between elements and refinements, i.e. you can't say which
element you're refining. that is mind-bogglingly stupid and should be
ignored. probably design-by-committee disease.
for a good real-world implementation, check out the dspace project,
notably http://www.dspace.org/technology/metadata.html. i'd like to see
a similar scheme in lenya.
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Institut für Politikwissenschaft
Universität Duisburg-Essen, Standort Duisburg
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