Re: Representing distinct item states

Tansley, Robert wrote:

> In my opinion, if we're thinking about how to model temporal data, 
> intermingle that with semi- or unstructured, multi-schema data, 
> attempting to make it performant at the same time is WAY too big to 
> bite off in one go. We need to reduce the dimensionality of the 
> problem so each can be tackled as separately as possible. Hence my 
> METS AIP suggestion, which would greatly simplify one aspect of the 
> History system problem.

Are you referring to the library of congress METS[1]?  I'd like to read 
up on it if you have any document references.

Thanks,
-kls

[1] http://www.loc.gov/standards/mets/mets.xsd

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