Re: HTML Metadata for other Web objects

Andrew Daviel writes:

> We need a consensus on how to specify metadata for non-HTML Web objects, 
> IMO.

The infrastructure for supporting metadata of non-html Web objects is
not now in place, but will be within the year.  It is PICS-ng.

The modification of existing PICS specification will result in a system
that is interoperable, widely deployed, and will support the
specification, creation, and management of a wide variety of metadata,
including Dublin Core-style descriptors.

In my judgement, investing time and energy in other approaches is
redundant and will not likely result in solutions before the PICS
technology is mature.

stu

Received on Wednesday, 23 April 1997 07:51:07 UTC