- From: Shadi Abou-Zahra <shadi@w3.org>
- Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2006 14:44:56 +0100
- To: Charles McCathieNevile <chaals@opera.com>
- Cc: Carlos Iglesias <carlos.iglesias@fundacionctic.org>, public-wai-ert@w3.org
Hi, Charles McCathieNevile wrote: >> - I supposed that dc:location is described at Dublin Core Metadata >> Element Set [1] but I can't find any description there, nor at DCMI >> Metadata Terms [2]. >> >> The only reference I found is at DC-Library Application Profile >> (DC-Lib) [3] with the recommendation [4] of using the element >> "location" from the MODS (Metadata Object Definition Schema) >> namespace [5] >> >> What I am missing? > > > An explanation of when dc:location got into the spec. (I don't recall > adding it, so it might have been around for a long time, or I might > have been asleep at the wheel one day)... > > It turns out that the term is defined in an XML schema, but not in RDF. > I propose we remove it (since otherwise we would be defining dc: terms > for them, which is generally considered bad form. This is an issue that needs discussion before taking such action. We would also need a replacement in case we do decide to drop the location property. Unless there are objections, I'll add an editorial note about this issue while we seek acceptable solutions (my hope is that DC may be publishing an update soon). Regards, Shadi -- Shadi Abou-Zahra Web Accessibility Specialist for Europe | Chair & Staff Contact for the Evaluation and Repair Tools WG | World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) http://www.w3.org/ | Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI), http://www.w3.org/WAI/ | WAI-TIES Project, http://www.w3.org/WAI/TIES/ | Evaluation and Repair Tools WG, http://www.w3.org/WAI/ER/ | 2004, Route des Lucioles - 06560, Sophia-Antipolis - France | Voice: +33(0)4 92 38 50 64 Fax: +33(0)4 92 38 78 22 |
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