Don't know if people have been following this, but Massachusetts finalized the spec calling for using OpenDocument and PDF as the only acceptable standards for state documents. I just listened to a recording of a meeting that discussed this with industry people. Really interesting stuff (the state very clearly told MS reps to open their file formats), and great to see MA follow through. Now we just need a few more governments to do the same.
Anyway, re: related RDF news, here's the latest minutes from the TC: > > Meta data: > > (Gary:) w3c encourages common meta data model across multiple > > application. Making OpenDocuments meta data model interoperable with RDF > > would thus be a big step forward. > > > > Some review is needed on the current state of our RDF discussion. Duane > > will try involve engineers at Adobe that have RDF experience. > > > > (Lars:) If it is possible to make statements about a document as a > > whole, it might also be useful to make statements about specific parts > > of that document. To make that work in RDF, a URL-schema would be needed > > to reference those parts. > > > > The users mailing list would be a good place to invite people for a > > public discussion on an extended meta data model for OpenDocument. This (particularly Lars' comment) is among the reasons I'm thinking an RDF bib format seems quite sensible. I'm pushing for them to include our needs when thinking about how they might do this. Bruce --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
