> > From: Herbert Van de Sompel <[email protected]> > Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2015 18:10:45 -0700 > Message-Id: <[email protected]> > Cc: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > To: Larry Masinter <[email protected]> > > Larry > How about HTTP Link headers (RFC 5988) to convey links and metadata > expressed as links when serving PDFs? I can imagine an authoring tool > embedding the info in XMP. But I have a harder time imagining a consumer > application that would want to read the info via XMP. >
I don't: Bibliographic managers for PDFs could make use of XMP metadata. Imagine never typing another citation again! > How about a web server add-on that can extract (and map/transform.) the > info from the XMP container as the PDF is being served. And stuff it all in > the HTTP Link header on the fly. > This of course is a good idea but I don't think it's either/or. -Jodi > Cheers > Herbert
