discussion of the Creative Commons Metadata work

[Aaron Swartz <me AT aaronsw.com>]

Ben Hammersley wrote:
> So, I can use <dc:creator> as a string without the CCL being 
> invalidated...

YES!

> So the only debate is the wider RDF one of whether <dc:creator> can be 
> a string at all, ever, in any arena. Which is a much wider thing 
> altogether - and should really be taken to the Dublin Core and RDF 
> working groups, and off this list?

The relevant spec here is Proposed Recommendation 
http://dublincore.org/documents/2002/04/14/dcq-rdf-xml/ which explains 
that it can be used in the simple way (with a string; see example 1.1) 
and the more complicated way (with a resource; see example 3.1.1)

For further questions about the DC spec, you should ask the DC WG (I 
think dc-architecture is the appropriate one here).
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Aaron Swartz [http://www.aaronsw.com]