discussion of the Creative Commons Metadata work

["Nathan R. Yergler" <nathan AT yergler.net>]

Jon Phillips wrote:
> Heya, you could at least go ahead and add this to the cc wiki. It is
> quite hacky, but good to document.
> 
> http://wiki.creativecommons.org/metadata

I think the page in particular you want is
http://wiki.creativecommons.org/Extend_Metadata, as it discusses options
for embedding RDF information in HTML.

> 
> Please don't make it front and center though, as it would be good to not
> confuse ppl.

While documenting things is always a good idea, it should also be noted
on the page that this is *not* a supported method for embedding -- I
don't see tools like MozCC adding support for it any time soon.


> 
> Are there other ways that you and others have thought of to accomplish
> the same task? It would be great to document as many as possible for
> different use cases.
> 
> Jon
> 
> On Thu, 2006-05-18 at 20:27 -0400, Evan Prodromou wrote:
>> OK, so, I had a vision of yet another crazy way of embedding RDF into
>> an (X)HTML document, besides the various nutty suggestions posted at
>> http://creativecommons.org/technology/metadata/extend#html .
>>
>> Namely, use a data: URL within a <link> element. Data URLs allow you
>> to put data directly into the content of an URL; see
>> http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2397.txt . So you could stuff all the RDF
>> into a single <link> element, like:
>>         <link rel="meta" type="application/rdf+xml"
>>         href="data:application/rdf+xml,%3Crdf%3ARDF%20xmlns%3D%22http%
>>         3A%2F%2Fweb.resource.org%2Fcc%2F%22%0D%0A%20%20%20%20xmlns%
>>         3Adc%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fpurl.org%2Fdc%2Felements%2F1.1%2F%22%0D
>>         %0A%20%20%20%20xmlns%3Ardf%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%
>>         2F1999%2F02%2F22-rdf-syntax-ns%23%22%3E%0D%0A%3CWork%20rdf%
>>         3Aabout%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fexample.org%2Fgnomophone.mp3%22%3E%
>>         0D%0A%20%20%3Cdc%3Atitle%3ECompilers%20in%20the%20Key%20of%20C
>>         %3C%2Fdc%3Atitle%3E%0D%0A%20%20%3Cdc%3Adescription%3EA%
>>         20lovely%20classical%20work%20on%20compiling%20code.%3C%2Fdc%
>>         3Adescription%3E%0D%0A%20%20%3Cdc%3Acreator%3E%3CAgent%3E%0D%
>>         0A%20%20%20%20%3Cdc%3Atitle%3EYo-Yo%20Dyne%3C%2Fdc%3Atitle%3E%
>>         0D%0A%20%20%3C%2FAgent%3E%3C%2Fdc%3Acreator%3E%0D%0A%20%20%
>>         3Cdc%3Arights%3E%3CAgent%3E%0D%0A%20%20%20%20%3Cdc%3Atitle%
>>         3EGnomophone%3C%2Fdc%3Atitle%3E%0D%0A%20%20%3C%2FAgent%3E%3C%
>>         2Fdc%3Arights%3E%0D%0A%20%20%3Cdc%3Adate%3E1842%3C%2Fdc%3Adate
>>         %3E%0D%0A%20%20%3Cdc%3Aformat%3Eaudio%2Fmpeg%3C%2Fdc%3Aformat%
>>         3E%0D%0A%20%20%3Cdc%3Atype%20rdf%3Aresource%3D%22http%3A%2F%
>>         2Fpurl.org%2Fdc%2Fdcmitype%2FSound%22%20%2F%3E%0D%0A%20%20%
>>         3Cdc%3Asource%20rdf%3Aresource%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fexample.net%
>>         2Fgnomovision.mov%22%20%2F%3E%0D%0A%20%20%3Clicense%20rdf%
>>         3Aresource%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fcreativecommons.org%2Flicenses%
>>         2Fby-nc-nd%2F2.0%2F%22%20%2F%3E%0D%0A%20%20%3Clicense%20rdf%
>>         3Aresource%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eff.org%2FIP%2FOpen_licenses%
>>         2Feff_oal.html%22%20%2F%3E%0D%0A%0D%0A%3C%2FWork%3E%0D%0A%0D%
>>         0A%3CLicense%20rdf%3Aabout%3D%22http%3A%2F%
>>         2Fcreativecommons.org%2Flicenses%2Fby-nc-nd%2F2.0%2F%22%3E%0D%
>>         0A%20%20%3Cpermits%20rdf%3Aresource%3D%22http%3A%2F%
>>         2Fweb.resource.org%2Fcc%2FReproduction%22%20%2F%3E%0D%0A%20%
>>         20%3Cpermits%20rdf%3Aresource%3D%22http%3A%2F%
>>         2Fweb.resource.org%2Fcc%2FDistribution%22%20%2F%3E%0D%0A%20%
>>         20%3Crequires%20rdf%3Aresource%3D%22http%3A%2F%
>>         2Fweb.resource.org%2Fcc%2FNotice%22%20%2F%3E%0D%0A%20%20%
>>         3Crequires%20rdf%3Aresource%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fweb.resource.org
>>         %2Fcc%2FAttribution%22%20%2F%3E%0D%0A%20%20%3Cprohibits%20rdf%
>>         3Aresource%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fweb.resource.org%2Fcc%
>>         2FCommercialUse%22%20%2F%3E%0D%0A%0D%0A%3C%2FLicense%3E%0D%0A%
>>         3C%2Frdf%3ARDF%3E" />
>>
>> (That's the RDF example from creativecommons.org.)
>>
>> It's not ideal, but it does have the nice properties of a) including
>> the data in the HTML document itself, b) hiding the RDF from lame old
>> browsers, c) being at least reasonably RFC-compatible, d) not being
>> the grodie comment method. B-)
>>
>> Anyways, I thought it was worth posting as an interesting hack.
>>
>> ~Eva
>>
>>
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