concept representation/displaying language?

[Matthew Graham]

Hi,

But "meta.id" would be just as valid a UCD as "meta.ref.ivorn" for  
IVORN. Using a semantic descriptor to determine presentation issues is  
a dangerous practice.

	Cheers,

	Matthew


On Jun 5, 2009, at 8:04 AM, Roy Williams wrote:

> On Wed, 3 Jun 2009, Carlos Rodrigo Blanco wrote:
>
>>>> In some cases, we have to include in VOTables quantities (params,  
>>>> fields...)
>>>> that are not predefined in a protocol or data model or whatever  
>>>> (the point is:
>>>> no application will have a precoded way to handle it) I would  
>>>> like to be able to tell the client (application) how that  
>>>> quantity should be displayed (formated).
>
> Francois, Mark,
>
> A very simple trick I have been doing in my applications is to use  
> the UCD to determine presentation: if the ucd is "meta.ref.url",  
> then the value is known to be a URL link, and treated accordingly.  
> Similarly with meta.ref.ivorn.
>
> Roy
>
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