4Suite CC record and comments

Uche Ogbuji uche.ogbuji at fourthought.com
Sun Aug 4 23:24:20 EDT 2002


I like the CC idea and approach.  A couple of things.  I'm already up to
my ears in mailing lists, so forgive me if I don't join, and please CC
me on any follow-ups.

I added a CC record for 4Suite software:

http://uche.ogbuji.net/tech/4Suite/   (in "Local Resources"), directly
http://uche.ogbuji.net/tech/4Suite/4Suite-cc.rdf

I also have a comment on the spec=, or really the example therein.  It
uses

<dc:creator><w:Person><dc:title>Yo-Yo
Dyne</dc:title></w:Person></dc:creator>

Is this a good idea?  Using a wordnet word seems rather sketchy.  Is
w:Person considered identical to, say w:Individual?  Also, hoe are
people guided if the creator is not a person?  I guessed w:Company. 
ANother person might guess w:Organization.  I think this becomes chaotic
too quickly.

Instead I suggest encouraging FOAF f:Person and the like, which derive
from the Wordnet equivalent.  Or perhaps even define an enumeration of
types for use in CC, deriving from Wordnet.


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Uche Ogbuji                                    Fourthought, Inc.
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