Re: [Handle-info] 0.type

[Mark Donoghue <mark@thirdstation.com>]

I've been using dublin core types in my handles lately i.e.:

DC.TITLE
DC.DESCRIPTION
DC.SUBJECT

It would be nice to see all of the Dublin Core terms under 0.TYPE/ .   
For other, custom types I was considering creating a sub-naming  
authority like 10000.TYPE/ and putting them under there.

That way, if for some pathological reason, I decided to create a URL  
type that I considered different from 0.TYPE/URL I'd put my URL under  
10000.TYPE/URL.

Another useful global prefix would be 0.FACET/ .  For example:

0.FACET/DC could have the following handle values:
        index        type                              data
        2                DESC                          The Dublin  
Core metadata element set is a standard for ...
        100           FACET.HASTYPE     10000.TYPE/DC.TITLE
        102           FACET.HASTYPE     10000.TYPE/DC.SUBJECT


That way, if any handle had a handle value like:
	index     type            data
	100        FACET        0.FACET/DC

A client that cared only about DC.* handle values would know that  
some existed.  Alternatively, a client that didn't know about DC.*  
types  could resolve 0.FACET/DC and get all of the types that can  
possibly appear and by resolving each of those in turn can find out  
how to handle them.

-Mark





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