RE: Issue 61: Why is metadata annotation a special case?

That works for me. Thanks.

David


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bass, Mick [mailto:mick.bass@hp.com] 
> Sent: Thursday, May 22, 2003 3:10 PM
> To: David François Huynh; 'Bass, Mick'
> Cc: 'Butler, Mark'; www-rdf-dspace@w3.org
> Subject: RE: Issue 61: Why is metadata annotation a special case?
> 
> 
> I propose:
> 
> "We would like to be able to support arbitrary, ad hoc
> annotations to metadata schemas and instance metadata, and 
> indeed any resource within the system. In many systems 
> resources such as schemas and instance elements are difficult 
> or impossible to annotate, especially in an ad-hoc manner.  
> However such annotations could be supplied by
> information consumers directly, by external domain experts, 
> by collections managers, or by automated techniques such as 
> collection data 
> mining."
> 
> David, does that work for you?
> 
> - Mick
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: David François Huynh [mailto:dfhuynh@ai.mit.edu] 
> > Sent: Thursday, May 22, 2003 2:58 PM
> > To: 'Bass, Mick'
> > Cc: 'Butler, Mark'; www-rdf-dspace@w3.org
> > Subject: RE: Issue 61: Why is metadata annotation a special case?
> > 
> > 
> > Mick,
> > 
> > I'm sorry I cannot seem to bring my mind back to that 
> > comment. I cannot recall exactly what I meant by it.
> > 
> > It could be that, in working with RDF, the distinction 
> > between data and metadata has been so blurred in my mind that 
> > "arbitrary, ad hoc annotations" seems like a trivial thing, a 
> > general need which ought to be supported on anything, not 
> > just particularly metadata schemas and instance metadata.
> > 
> > I'll be more specific and detailed in my future comments.
> > 
> > David
> > 
> > 
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Bass, Mick [mailto:mick.bass@hp.com]
> > > Sent: Thursday, May 22, 2003 2:33 PM
> > > To: David François Huynh
> > > Cc: Butler, Mark; ' (www-rdf-dspace@w3.org)'
> > > Subject: RE: Issue 61: Why is metadata annotation a special case?
> > > 
> > > 
> > > David:  you wrote "I'm not sure why this can't be a special
> > > case of something else."
> > > 
> > > If you can bring your mind back to that comment, are you able
> > > to suggest text describing the more general case of which 
> > > annotation of metadata schemas, instances and instance 
> > > elements is a special case?
> > > 
> > > And if so, do you believe the focus should be on the general
> > > case, or the special case described?
> > > 
> > > I think the point stressed in the document is that in many
> > > existing systems it is easy to provide metadata about certain 
> > > objects, but difficult to provide metadata about others.  
> > > Schemas, instances, and elements within the instances are an 
> > > example of some of the types of resources that are difficult 
> > > to annotate in many systems.
> > >  
> > > 
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: Butler, Mark [mailto:Mark_Butler@hplb.hpl.hp.com]
> > > > Sent: Thursday, May 22, 2003 12:34 PM
> > > > To: ' (www-rdf-dspace@w3.org)'
> > > > Subject: Issue 61: Why is metadata annotation a special case?
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > Mick, team
> > > > 
> > > > Any comments on this and metadata annotation? Should we keep
> > > > it or subsume it into one of the other definitions?
> > > > 
> > > > [ 061. ]
> > > > Summary: Section 2.3 Why is metadata annotation a special
> > > > case? Raised By: David Hunyh
> > > > Status: open
> > > > Description: 
> > > > 
> > > > We would like to be able to support arbitrary, ad hoc
> > > annotations to
> > > > metadata schemas and instance metadata. These could be 
> supplied by
> > > > information consumers directly, by external domain experts, 
> > > > by collections 
> > > > managers, or by automated techniques such as collection data 
> > > > mining. [I'm not 
> > > > sure why this can't be a special case of something else.] 
> > > > 
> > > 
> > 
> 
>

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