[OAI-implementers] Dublin Core XML and OAI

[Carl Lagoze]

Alan,

I haven't looked at the 1.x oai_dc schema.  But, having spent some time
on the 2.0 oai_dc schema I can say that it dos not permit tags from any
other name space.  The intent here is that a harvester should not have
to prune out the dc elements from other arbitrary stuff.  Of course, a
data provider is permited to create another schema that contains other
stuff (mixed with dc elements) and export that as another metadata
format.

Carl

Carl Lagoze
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Alan Kent [mailto:ajk@mds.rmit.edu.au] 
> Sent: Wednesday, March 20, 2002 10:02 PM
> To: OAI Implementors
> Subject: [OAI-implementers] Dublin Core XML and OAI
> 
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I was wondering what the exact position was with respect to 
> OAI and Dublin Core. For example, the OAI spec defines oai_dc 
> and an XML Schema specification for it. My question relates 
> to other (non-Dublin Core) elements that may be added.
> 
> For example, various groups have defined their own additional 
> elements and what they mean. They put these additional 
> elements in their own namespace. I am guessing it is not 
> correct for me to include these additional elements if oai_dc 
> is requested (I should prune them out). Each group should 
> then define their own oai_agls etc identifier (probably 
> without the oai_ prefix, if that is reserved for use by the protocol).
> 
> Alan
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