Date:         Fri, 7 Nov 2003 16:20:15 -0500
Reply-To:     Metadata Object Description Schema List <[log in to unmask]>
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From:         "Rebecca S. Guenther" <[log in to unmask]>
Subject:      Re: Dublin Core and MODS (was Re: [MODS] Reusing MODS elements)
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DC is flat and has no parsing of elements within a larger element. In fact
the "qualifiers" in qualified DC are actually elements, and not truly
subelements. You have to read the RDF data to know that something called
"created" is a subproperty of "date". So, you can't associate different
elements with each other (e.g. a place, publisher and date). They are all
flat elements that stand alone. This is why the best uses for it are for
very simple metadata and to provide a lowest common denominator across
diverse domains-- where you end up losing specificity if going from
something more complex.

The DC Citation work is fitting citations into DC elements-- so that the
citation would either be a text string that doesn't parse any of the
pieces or a URI (in the future like an OpenURL).

So in answer to your specific question, there is no way to identify in DC
a title within an isPartOf statement.

Rebecca

On Fri, 7 Nov 2003, Bruce D'Arcus wrote:
>
> Or is it the case that DC must be flat, and so there can be no way to
> have a title within an <IsPartOf> element?
>
> Bruce
>