- From: kcoyle via GitHub <sysbot+gh@w3.org>
- Date: Tue, 09 Oct 2018 07:38:59 +0000
- To: public-dxwg-wg@w3.org
The ISO definition includes the phrase: "necessary to accomplish a particular function." That implies the "application" part of the term. In the GLAM* world, however, metadata is often not directly application-based. In fact, in that world metadata is designed to meet certain intellectual needs of description of resources, and applications must adjust to the metadata, not vice versa. This argues against the use of "application" unless you extend application beyond computation to include descriptive needs. To give an example, libraries create descriptive metadata designed to distinguish between similar but not identical publications (including items whose physical binding has been modified in distinctive ways). This distinction can be read, in the metadata, by humans but cannot be managed accurately by algorithms. If you can define the "application" as being the need of humans to be aware of these distinctions, then you might be able to speak about an "application profile." But the metadata (and its instances) is not designed for any specific application; instead, applications that are developed make use of what they can. Profiles in this environment tend to profile the intellectual aspect of the metadata, not any specific application. *GLAM - galleries, libraries, archives, museums -- GitHub Notification of comment by kcoyle Please view or discuss this issue at https://github.com/w3c/dxwg/issues/448#issuecomment-428092054 using your GitHub account
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