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Re: [office] Metadata subcommittee discussion

  • 1.  Re: [office] Metadata subcommittee discussion

    Posted 02-02-2006 22:37
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    Subject: Re: [office] Metadata subcommittee discussion


    Bruce,
    
    Bruce D'Arcus wrote:
    
    >
    > :-)
    >
    > Like I said, 1 is the most controversial. There's no getting around 
    > this is difficult.
    >
    Yes. ;-)
    
    > On Feb 2, 2006, at 4:53 PM, Patrick Durusau wrote:
    >
    >> If we are doing pointing in #2 and #3, do we really need to store 
    >> metadata directly in the document?
    >
    >
    > No, I don't think we need to require it. What I am saying is that we 
    > allow it, and that we define a standard way to describe that embedded 
    > metadata.
    >
    > Without that, we have no interoperability. The current lack of that is 
    > a SERIOUS problem.
    >
    Hmmm, but let's not confuse interoperability with supported features.
    
    You point to xmp:blah/blah and I point to xm:blah/blort.
    
    Assuming both ODF applications support reading the XMP data that we 
    pointed to, using a uniform syntax for IRIs, don't we have interoperability?
    
    Contrast that with:
    
    Your ODF application supports embedded XMP and my ODF application does 
    not but preserves it.
    
    Is the second case a lack of interoperability? I don't think so but I 
    may have too narrow a notion of what you mean by the term.
    
    I think what you are asking for is a minimum level of feature support. 
    OK, but that is a separate question in my mind from interoperability and 
    has different drivers.
    
    Hope you are having a great day!
    
    Patrick
    
    -- 
    Patrick Durusau
    Patrick@Durusau.net
    Chair, V1 - Text Processing: Office and Publishing Systems Interface
    Co-Editor, ISO 13250, Topic Maps -- Reference Model
    Member, Text Encoding Initiative Board of Directors, 2003-2005
    
    Topic Maps: Human, not artificial, intelligence at work! 
    
    
    


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