[OSGeodata] Geodata Metadata Requirements

[Frank Warmerdam]

Jo Walsh wrote:
> dear Ned, thanks for this,
> On Tue, Apr 11, 2006 at 08:56:57AM -0400, Ned Horning wrote:
>> Although there are advantages to adding more structure I wouldn't drop all
>> of the full-text fields. I'm concerned that we would loose essential
>> description information without some full-text. For example, "description"
>> information is probably best left as full-text. It's fine to add structured
>> fields for important "description" components but I'd hesitate dropping the
>> full-text field. I may be in the minority but I actually read some of these
>> text fields. 
> 
> :)
> What Dublin Core prescribes to go in a 'description' field is
> generous: "Description may include but is not limited to: an abstract,
> table of contents, reference to a graphical representation of content
> or a free-text account of the content."

Jo,

I think it is exactly this free text description that we don't want to lose.

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