Hi Bram, Am 26.08.2009 um 15:33 schrieb Bram Neijt: > Hi Peter, > > I think this thread will stay unanswered, because nobody believes in > the > DC strongly enough. The basic idea was that any metadata on the > metalink > (description, title, author, origin, creation date etc) could be moved > to an already available standard like the Dublic Core. > > Advantages mentioned: > - Smaller metalink spec > - Easily readable for clients that already support the DC (like some > of > the search engine bots) > > Problem seems to be twofold: referring to another standard for > metadata > makes the metalink spec incomplete, while pointing out specific > parts of > the DC as obligatory is not practical. General opinion seems to be: it > would be cool to use already existing technology, but there doesn't > seem > to be a real benefit at the moment. > > I'm not going to convince you, and I have been asking Anthony to veto > this off the table at this point as it does not help with the current > standardization AND we have no passionate defenders of this idea. > > Greets, > Bram
It's a long time ago, but I always wanted to thank you for the detailed answer! Peter -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Metalink Discussion" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/metalink-discussion?hl=en.
