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Re: metadata
- To: Michael Sabrio <rms at fpk dot hp dot com>, docbook at lists dot oasis-open dot org
- Subject: Re: DOCBOOK: metadata
- From: "M. Wroth" <mark at astrid dot upland dot ca dot us>
- Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2001 20:14:31 -0700
At 02:44 PM 6/29/01 -0400, Michael Sabrio wrote:
The DocBook Tech Committee would
like your input on a couple of
issues related to metadata.
It appears to me that metadata could reasonably be associated with
any element of DocBook, and I'd prefer to see an optional metadata
element associated with very nearly any element at the paragraph / figure
level or above.
I suppose an attribute that points to a separate metadata element rather
than an inclusion would be a reasonable solution -- but I lean toward an
actual content element, preferably common across all elements (from my
perspective, having bookinfo be different than articleinfo is not
useful).
I have a minor need for metadata at the programlisting level (currently
satisfied by going up a level or two, combined with comments at the
specific programlisting), so this is more than a purely theoretical issue
for me, although not one that has reached the "I must do something
about this" level.
I'm not familiar enough with "standard" metadata to offer an
opinion on whether there is one that meets our collective needs. If
there is one, I'd probably generically be in favor of adopting it, rather
than rolling our own.
Mark B. Wroth
<mark@astrid.upland.ca.us>