Re: [BP - MET] - Best Practices - Guidance on the Provision of Metadata

Hi Makx,

I also choose (b). But I think that we should give examples that reinforce
the benefits of using the advices of DWBP WG.

Laufer


2014-05-16 6:51 GMT-03:00 Ivan Herman <ivan@w3.org>:

> Hey Makx,
>
> personally, I think it should be (b).
>
> The case I commented on, ie, the CSVW version, shows the issue. I think
> many on the WG feel and understand that the most elegant solution would be
> to rely on HTTP return header: while returning the real payload of the CSV
> data, the return header would have some extra link through some agreed
> header to a metadata. (The details, ie, which HTTP header to use is a
> detail.) However there is a recognition that data publishers may not have
> the possibility to do that easily; controlling return headers require
> knowledge of the local server's settings, those are not standard, not easy
> to manage, etc. Bottom line: people will not do it. Hence the necessity
> (probably; as I said, this is still under discussion) of the well-known URI
> as an alternative.
>
> So yes, (b) is probably what I would favour, with the additional feature
> of, possibly, setting a priority (if you can do this then do it; if not
> then do that; etc).
>
> My 2 cents...
>
> Ivan
>
>
>
> On 16 May 2014, at 11:39 , Makx Dekkers <mail@makxdekkers.com> wrote:
>
> >
> > Ivan writes:
> >
> >>
> >> Just a minor correction: though this is not yet decided, my
> >> expectation is that the group will not define one mechanism but open
> >> the door to several. This may also include the well-known location
> >> approach.
> >>
> >
> > This opinion triggers a question in my mind. I wonder whether the goal
> > of DWBP is
> >
> > Either:
> >
> > a. Give advice to publishers to do things in a certain way so that
> > re-users know what to expect if a publisher follows the best practice.
> >
> > Or:
> >
> > b. Outline a number of principles that publishers should apply and that
> > may be implemented in various ways and that allow several existing
> > approaches to co-exist.
> >
> >
> > I am happy either way, but I think it is important to have consensus
> > about the principle.
> >
> > Makx.
> >
> >
>
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