discussion of the Creative Commons Metadata work

[Evan Prodromou <evan AT wikitravel.org>]

>>>>> "ML" == Mike Linksvayer <ml AT creativecommons.org> writes:

    ML> Ok, I was trying to be sneaky by implying that since they both
    ML> use RDF/XML, they use same format.

OK, well, that's fair. But realistically, a generator would have to
make two different files for the two different kinds of metadata.

    ML> Another difference/addition is that of cc:license.  Presumably
    ML> CC could've used dc:rights rather than subclassing it.

I hadn't realized that it was a subclass of dc:rights. Actually, as
best I can tell from looking at the schema, it's not. Might be a good
update?

    ML> cc:Agent is another addition, and one I'm not satisfied with,
    ML> which is why I've mentioned adopting foaf:Agent in the past

I like FOAF, but I think the DC best practices for dc:creator,
dc:contributor and dc:publisher are really sufficient. That is,
either containing a string for the name:

       <dc:creator>Evan Prodromou</dc:creator>

...or an URL of a page/resource/whatever that identifies and defines
that person:

       <dc:creator
        rdf:resource="http://www.wikitravel.org/en/article/User:Evan"; />

    ML> I welcome commentary on any of the above, though of course
    ML> widely deployed stuff is much less likely to change.

Agreed... but there's always a 2.0. B-)

~ESP

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