Re: URI Revised charter proposal

Terry Allen (terry@ora.com)
Wed, 5 Jul 1995 20:05:59 -0700 

From: "Terry Allen" <terry@ora.com>

Message-Id: <9507052005.ZM663@dmg.west.ora.com>

Date: Wed, 5 Jul 1995 20:05:59 -0700

In-Reply-To: Leslie Daigle <leslie@bunyip.com>

To: Leslie Daigle <leslie@bunyip.com>, uri@bunyip.com

Subject: Re: URI Revised charter proposal

Leslie writes:
>However, it is premature to be nailing down URC standards before we
have the primitives sorted out.

As the metadata schemes recently advanced stipulate that it's not
possible to limit the kind of info that might be relevant, and that
any base items they might specify are omissible and repeatable
(and as that is in line with common sense about cataloguing), what
sorting out is there to do? Be specific, please.

Regards,

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