- From: Andreas Koenig <k@anna.in-berlin.de>
- Date: Tue, 18 Mar 1997 06:51:47 +0100
- To: advax@triumf.ca
- CC: meta2@mrrl.lut.ac.uk, www-talk@w3.org, se-dev@franz.ww.tu-berlin.de
>>>>> Andrew Daviel writes: andrew> The Web needs a Metadata registry, IMO. andrew> In HTML, many organisations and individuals are starting to generate andrew> Metadata using the META tag without any agreement as to what the andrew> data means. While I applaud the effort to generate useful metadata, andrew> a proliferation of unregistered types is going to dilute its utility andrew> greatly. The META tag _is_ the disease you're trying to cure. andrew> Given that many organisations will want to use private metadata, and that andrew> particular disciplines have their own metadata, a single global repository of andrew> all metadata types is clearly unworkable. andrew> Proposal: andrew> That a top-level registry be set up at an institution such as W3.org, andrew> which would maintain a list of top-level schemas. Even with the best and most diligent registration authority, the META tag is a two edged sword. It transports stuff nobody is asking for explicitly. It steals the net bandwidth. Please read http://www.kulturbox.de/aid/pics-se/ for a proposal how the net can be freed from this exacerbating bloat today. [...] andrew> The schemas DC (Dublin Core), MCF (Meta Content Format) etc. andrew> would be registered with the top-level registry. The organisation andrew> registering the schema would be responsible for documenting it. URLs do have a registration authority already. andrew> Anyone using a registered schema would hopefully have read the andrew> documentation first. Amen. Regards, andreas
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