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WEBDAV Working Group                              J. Stracke, Netscape
INTERNET DRAFT                                         October 5, 1998
<draft-ietf-webdav-dublin-core-00>

Expires April, 1999

                Use of Dublin Core Metadata in WebDAV

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Abstract

   This document specifies a standard mapping for using the metadata
   vocabulary of Dublin Core ([DUBLIN]) in a WebDAV ([WEBDAV]) server.

















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Contents

STATUS OF THIS MEMO                             1
ABSTRACT                                        1
CONTENTS                                        2

1 INTRODUCTION                                  2

2 MAPPING                                       3

2.1 NAMESPACE                                   3

2.2 PROPERTY NAMES                              3

2.3 PROPERTY FORMAT                             3

2.4 SUBELEMENTS                                 3

3 INTERNATIONALIZATION CONSIDERATIONS           4

4 SECURITY CONSIDERATIONS                       4

5 IANA CONSIDERATIONS                           4

6 COPYRIGHT                                     4

7 INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY                         5

8 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS                              5

9 REFERENCES                                    6

9.1 NORMATIVE REFERENCES                        6

9.1 INFORMATIONAL REFERENCES                    6

10 AUTHORS' ADDRESSES                           6


1 Introduction

   This document specifies a standard mapping for using the metadata
   vocabulary of Dublin Core ([DUBLIN]) in a WebDAV ([WEBDAV]) server.

   WebDAV defines a protocol for manipulating metadata on a Web
   resource; in WebDAV, an element of metadata is called a property.
   Dublin Core defines several metadata elements, with standard names
   and standard meanings.  A server which stores Dublin Core metadata
   for its content may wish to make the metadata available as WebDAV
   properties; to forestall the emergence of nonstandard ways to
   provide this functionality, this document defines a standard
   mapping from Dublin Core element labels into WebDAV property names.


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2 Mapping

2.1 Namespace

   WebDAV properties are expressed as XML elements ([XML]), using XML
   namespaces ([XMLNS]) to permit different groups to define sets of
   properties without interfering with each other.  XML namespaces are
   named by URIs.  The Dublin Core datamodel group is defining a
   namespace for XML tags representing Dublin Core elements; WebDAV
   properties should use that same namespace.  The
   URI currently proposed for that namespace is
   <URL:http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.0/>.  Note that this is
   currently only a proposal within the datamodel group; if the Dublin
   Core group as a whole picks a different URI, WebDAV should use that
   URI.

2.2 Property Names

   A WebDAV property representing a Dublin Core element has the same
   name as the Dublin Core element label.

2.3 Property Format

   Since a WebDAV property can occur on a resource only once, while a
   content item may bear more than one instance of a Dublin Core
   element, some mechanism is needed to represent the multivalued
   elements in the singlevalued property syntax.  The Dublin Core
   datamodel group is working on defining an XML DTD for this
   representation; WebDAV properties should use that DTD when it is
   ready.

2.4 Subelements

   As of this writing, the Dublin Core group is debating how and
   whether to provide subelements (that is, a technique for
   structuring metadata elements).  Since subelements are not yet
   standardized, this document cannot yet give a definitive answer on
   how to integrate them into WebDAV; a future document may be needed.

   One approach under consideration, set out in [GUENTHER], is to use
   structured element names (e.g., Creator becomes structured into
   Creator.PersonalName and Creator.CorporateName); if this approach
   is adopted, then this document can be applied unchanged, because
   Creator.CorporateName is a perfectly legal XML tag name.
   Alternative approaches could include storing structured data in an
   element; this approach would require a future document specifying a
   mapping from that structure into XML.







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3 Internationalization Considerations

   XML is an inherently internationalizable format, able to express
   any language or character set; as a result, all WebDAV properties,
   including the Dublin Core properties defined here, are
   internationalizable.

4 Security Considerations

   The security considerations of this mapping are those of [DUBLIN]
   plus those of [WEBDAV].

5 IANA Considerations

   The namespace defined here is isomorphic to the element namespace
   defined in [DUBLIN], so this document introduces no new IANA
   considerations beyond those of [DUBLIN].

6 Copyright

   The following copyright notice is copied from RFC 2026 [Bradner,
   1996], section 10.4, and describes the applicable copyright for this
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7 Intellectual Property

   The following notice is copied from RFC 2026 [Bradner, 1996],
   section 10.4, and describes the position of the IETF concerning
   intellectual property claims made against this document.

   The IETF takes no position regarding the validity or scope of any
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   pertain to the implementation or use other technology described in
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   The IETF invites any interested party to bring to its attention any
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8 Acknowledgements

   The triviality of this specification is due to the hard work put
   into [WEBDAV], [DUBLIN], [XML], and [XMLNS] by their respective
   authors and working groups.

   The need for this specification was pointed out (by Jim Whitehead,
   I think) during the variants discussion held after a meeting of the
   versioning design team of the WebDAV working group.

   Thanks to Liz Parrot for alerting me to the question of
   subelements.
















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9 References

9.1 Normative References

   [DUBLIN] S. Weibel, J. Kunze, C. Lagoze, M. Wolf, "Dublin Core
   Metadata for Resource Discovery."  RFC 2413.  Online Computer
   Library Center; University of California, San Francisco; Cornell;
   Reuters.  September, 1998.

   [WEBDAV] Y. Y. Goland, E. J. Whitehead, Jr., A.  Faizi,
   S. R. Carter, D. Jensen, "Extensions for Distributed Authoring on
   the World Wide Web - WebDAV."
   Draft-ietf-webdav-protocol-08. Internet Draft, work in progress.
   Microsoft, U.C. Irvine, Netscape, Novell. April, 1998.

   [XML] T. Bray, J. Paoli, C. M.  Sperberg-McQueen, "Extensible
   Markup Language (XML)." World Wide Web Consortium Recommendation
   REC-xml-19980210.  <http://www.w3.org/TR/1998/REC-xml-19980210>.

9.2 Informational References

   [XMLNS] T. Bray, D. Hollander, A. Layman, "Name Spaces in XML"
   World Wide Web Consortium Working Draft,
   <http://www.w3.org/TR/WD-xml-names>.

   [GUENTHER] R. Guenther, "Dublin Core Qualifiers/Substructure",
   <http://www.loc.gov/marc/dcqualif.html>.  October, 1997.

10 AUTHORS' ADDRESSES

   J. Stracke
   Netscape Communications Corporation
   501 E. Middlefield Rd.
   Mountain View, CA  94043
   Email: francis@netscape.com



















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