Richard, We don't want to use METS to encode this relationship because we don't need to add another complicated datastream to our objects just to answer this relatively small problem that, seemingly, can be solved by creating our own ontologies and using the RDF to solve the problem.
The decision I think will rest on whether we want to express the sequence in the parent object using RDF:Seq when 3.4 is released in favor of embedding the sequence in the child objects. I understand your concerns and see why you would use METS, but for us it would be a big hammer. Too bad there are no librarian-sanctioned RDF ontologies that concern themselves with cataloging at the page level. Andrew On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 8:13 AM, HIGGINS R.I. <[email protected]>wrote: > Out of interest, why not use METS to encode this relationship at a book > level? > > > > As always with FEDORA there seem to be several ways to do things, so it is > always useful to know why one particular one has been chosen. I find that a > METS file for the book level digital object stores all the metadata in one > place which simplifies reuse by applications. Although you can never > eliminate getting data entry just plain wrong in any format, I could see a > situation with the RDF solution where one mistake would mean you jumping > into a different book altogether (as opposed to the file not found errors I > get when I get the METS file wrong ...) > > - - - - - > # Richard Higgins > # Durham University Library > # Archives & Special Collections > # Palace Green > # Durham > # DH1 3RN > # E-Mail: [email protected] > > > > *From:* Andrew Curley [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* 18 May 2010 22:17 > > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* [Fedora-commons-users] Object Order Using RDF > > > > Does anyone have experience using RDF to describe sequential relationships > between objects? For example, given two objects representing two page > images, I wish to describe that one object precedes the other and/or that > one object follows the other. There is nothing in the Fedora ontology that > facilitates this relationship so I was wondering if anyone in the community > has codified this relationship through RDF or knows of an RDF standard > which facilitates this description. > > > > Thanks, > > Andrew Curley > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > _______________________________________________ > Fedora-commons-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fedora-commons-users > >
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