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It looks like each topic is like a class or an object of some kind? And then within the topic fields or attributes are specified? I really wonder if wiki is a good sructure to use for modelling meta data. If you want to have a meta data repository that people can contribute to, I think you may need to provide more structure. ----->Nathan .:||:._.:||:._.:||:._.:||:._.:||:._.:||:._.:||:._.:||:._.:||:._.:||:._.: ||:. Nathan Young CDC Site Dev->Interface Development Team A: ncy1717 E: natyoung@c... > -----Original Message----- > From: ROR [mailto:dev@r...] > Sent: Wednesday, January 25, 2006 12:46 PM > To: Jonathan Robie > Cc: xml-dev@l... > Subject: Re: Invitation to metadata dictionary wiki > - meaningfuel.org > > Hi Jonathan, > > Good questions! I think the best way to look at the meaningfuel wiki > is as some sort of "natural selection metadata". Some terms will > vanish after two weeks, other more adequate terms, will live forever. > Similar terms (i.e. from different ontologies) will compete, and here > too, only the most adequate ones will survive. > > From time to time we plan to produce a release of the dictionary, > which will only contain those terms that have reached sufficient > stability and maturity. > > -Dom > > > > One of the things I want in a metadata dictionary is stability - I > want > > to make sure that the definitions don't change because someone is > out > > there editing them, or the definition I used when I created > the data > may > > have changed by the time someone else tries to get the > metadata. How > do > > you provide stability in a Wiki environment? > > > > Also, I imagine people will be adding metadata from different > ontologies > > that may define the same terms differently. Any thoughts on how to > deal > > with merged ontologies in a Wiki environment? > > > > > > ROR wrote: > > > > >The ROR project ( http://www.rorweb.com ) is happy to introduce > > >Meaningfuel.org ( http://www.meaningfuel.org ). > > > > > >The Meaningfuel.org project is a metadata dictionary that anyone > can > > >edit (sort of a Wikipedia for metadata). Its goal is to build a > > >coherent evolving metadata dictionary for describing anything, by > > >combining new and existing object metadata. > > > > > >This is an experiment, maybe it will fail. But it sure would be > nice > > >to have such a dictionary available, shared by all metadata > > >initiatives. > > > > > > > > > > One of the things I want in a metadata dictionary is stability - I > want > > to make sure that the definitions don't change because someone is > out > > there editing them, or the definition I used when I created > the data > may > > have changed by the time someone else tries to get the > metadata. How > do > > you provide stability in a Wiki environment? > > > > Also, I imagine people will be adding metadata from different > ontologies > > that may define the same terms differently. Any thoughts on how to > deal > > with merged ontologies in a Wiki environment? > > > > Jonathan > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > The xml-dev list is sponsored by XML.org <http://www.xml.org>, an > initiative of OASIS <http://www.oasis-open.org> > > The list archives are at http://lists.xml.org/archives/xml-dev/ > > To subscribe or unsubscribe from this list use the subscription > manager: <http://www.oasis-open.org/mlmanage/index.php> >
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