> > This would aid in tracking individual histories:
> >   <history>
> > [...]
>
> We have this information in the CVS, and there no use littering the XML
> with it... Is there?

Agreed.  A lot of histories won't be maintained accurately if the burden is
on the search writer.  Let CVS tell us the history.  I tend not to trust
developer-maintained history records anyway -- I would always go to CVS.

There is a way to have CVS automatically incorporate the history into its
files by using keywords ($Log$, $Revision$, etc.)  I've used both the full
$Log$ and $Revision$ and we always end up getting rid of $Log$ in favor of
$Revision$, because it takes up too much space with info readily available
in CVS.

> > These would be useful to developers playing with the view-port or
> > wanting to use graphics later on:
> >   <icon />
> >   <logo />
>
> Yup, as long as they're optional

+1

> > A link for more information (unlike <link /> which, IMO, should point
> > to something approximating a web-based interface for the resource
> > itself):
> >   <about />
>
> What extra information would this provide, that <description/> and
> <link/> doesn't?
> To me, it seems redundant.

+1 for redundant.

> > If a generator is used (like the DQSD Search Wizard, a
> > search-builder-search, or a webpage (I'm working on one)):
> >   <generator />
>
> This might be interesting. It's "cleaner" than the existing
> <created_by/>, so I propose we replace <created_by/> with <generator />.
> Of course, the DQSD wizard would have to be updated, but I can do that
> if we reach consensus.
> There's no logic based on <created_by/>, is there?

Nope.  <generator /> sounds more professional anyway ;)


Glenn



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