[Metadata] 'Rendering' metadata

[Catherine Rey <crey@cnri.reston.va.us>]

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-----Original Message-----
From: Sally Morris <sally@morris-assocs.demon.co.uk>
To: Metadata list <metadata@doi.com>
Date: 04 September 1998 09:27
Subject: 'Rendering' metadata

I wonder whether anyone can answer this question.
 
Clearly there is a lot of work going on in many different
quarters on the (more or less) descriptive metadata which is
required for resource discovery and related
activities (e.g. linking);  work is also under way (though
it's much earlier days) on rights metadata which is required
to actually carry out a transaction of any
kind.   (We did, of course, realise at the June workshop
that there is no clear-cut distinction, and you often need
m/d which might be considered 'descriptive' for a
transaction and vice versa).   However, I wonder if there
isn't a third kind of metadata - that which is needed for
'rendering', i.e. actually
opening/playing/whatever the electronic file on the
recipient's computer.   Some of the necessary information
will be contained in the file extension (.doc or
whatever), but isn't a good deal more needed?
 
Perhaps some of our more technically minded colleagues could
comment on whether work is in fact required in this area
too.   If so, is it appropriate to set up
another working subgroup to start tackling it?
 
Sally Morris

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