[OAI-implementers] changing formats

[deridder]

Okay, okay, I realize now how dumb that sounds.  Of course we are only
returning metadata about records;  by extension it seems silly to want
to return that in video, audio, or images;  but when dealing with other
text formats, it's not nearly so clear.

  --j.

On Mon, 19 Feb 2001, deridder
wrote:

> 
> Actually, we have data available in TEI lite (a build on SGML), from
> which we extracted the info to create the dc XML files.  And soon we
> will have streaming media, etc., etc;  and also we have incredible 
> images of old documents, stuff like that.
>    Looking at the specs, it seems that the return info on the verbs
> which require metadata prefixes could be/should be in the format of
> whatever the prefix describes (via the created schema).
>   However, Hussein tells me (thank-you, Hussein!!) that I am
> constrained to put everything in XML regardless of what it is.  I can
> probably figure out a way to do that with TEI lite (though it may
> render it pointless), but I can't exactly put streaming media in XML---
> only a description of it.  So now it seems to me that if we want to make 
> that stuff available, it can only be via a link, either in the metadata
> somewhere, or via the <about> tag in ListRecords (or both).
> 
>   Is my understanding on this clear??
>   I appreciate your feedback!
> 
>    --Jody
>    
> On Mon, 19 Feb 2001
> lagoze@cs.cornell.edu wrote:
> 
> > Jody,
> > 
> > If I understand your question correctly...
> > 
> > - Each record only contains metadata in one format.
> > - The format corresponds to the prefix given as an argument.
> > - A prefix argument is alway required regardless of whether the desired
> > return is DC or another metadata format.
> > - Every metadata format requires a schema for validation.
> > 
> > Carl
> > 
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: deridder [mailto:deridder@cs.utk.edu]
> > > Sent: Tuesday, February 13, 2001 2:43 PM
> > > To: oai-implementers@oaisrv.nsdl.cornell.edu
> > > Subject: [OAI-implementers] changing formats
> > > 
> > > 
> > >   If we implement another metadata prefix, do we then return 
> > > data in the
> > > given format (which need not include Dublin core *or* XML) in 
> > > response to
> > > GetRecord & ListRecords, if that format is specified?
> > >   (and the others are still returned in xml/dc, since the 
> > > MDprefix is not
> > > an input arg for them?)
> > > 
> > >   I am guessing in that case we create our own
> > > schema which determines if what we are returning is correct.
> > > 
> > >  
> > > Am I clear on this?? If not, please enlighten me!  thanks!
> > > 
> > >  ---Jody
> > > 
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