Posted by Andy Dingley on 02/27/06 16:11

Alan J. Flavell wrote:

> "Dublin Core" specifies a profile of META usage which some groups
> of users find appropriate.

With our pedantic hats on, DCMI don't "specify" anything relating to
HTML and <meta> at all. Some people connected with DC have made some
observations about how this could be done, should someone else happen
to be looking for informal observations on the subject. It's a very
long way from "specifies" though.

There's also a very old RFC 2731 on the subject. The even older paper
on embedding RDF within HTML is certainly worth a read for useful
background even today, although I'd hesitate to recommend its blind
acceptance.

If you're at the level of embedding DC in HTML, then chances are you'd
benefit from looking at PRISM too, maybe even the OAI work. There's
even some UK government rubbish (e-GMS) that you might be forced to
know about, although it's too broken to recommend unless it's mandatory
upon you.

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