Fifth International World Wide Web Conference
URCs and Metainformation
URC design to date:
- has focused on trying to construct a unified structure (with canonical
representation) for all applications
- attempts to be flexible by permitting transmission in any one of several
formats.
Originally intended:
- for URN resolution, or service-specific resource characteristics
- where the boundaries of the problem space are known
Now suggested for use:
- for application-specific metainformation
- where the boundaries of the problem cannot be known in advance, because
the potential applications are limitless
Metadata for a Better Information World
(Leslie L. Daigle)