I like having a slim format, but that is just about keeping the MUST elements and attributes to a minimum.
Anthony, I'd be happy if you would veto this discussion by saying: let's use these tags and be done with it. Dublin Core is not THAT important and I hereby retract my vote for using it :D Bram On Thu, 2009-08-20 at 03:16 -0300, Nicolas Alvarez wrote: > Nils wrote: > > * There are a few DC related rfc. However they seem to be > > "Informational". I don't know how this would affect metalink > > standardization. > > I don't think it matters. First, XML itself is not an RFC, and we're using > it. Second, we don't necessarily have to say that generators MUST use > dublin core for metadata and clients SHOULD interpret it. We could just say > in an *informational* section that metadata should use dublin core in the > name of interoperability. > > Generators are free to use whatever metadata format they feel like using, as > long as it uses its own namespace URI, and tags are put in the > appropriate "extension points" allowed by the metalink RelaxNG schema; but > they can't expect other programs to understand it in that case. > > > * Should there be a lot of DC elements that generators should use (as > > opposed to other elements). How would we map the current set of > > elements to DC elements? > > * Can all of the current elements be easily mapped? Which elements > > must stay? > > I don't have answers to this yet; but note that "all the current elements" > in on-the-wild metalink files are using the old namespace URI. I don't > think anyone has generated metalink files with the new namespace yet. > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Metalink Discussion" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/metalink-discussion?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
