handling metadata with multiple values

[Marco C. Leoni]

Hi Ray,

    quick question: what was wrong with the first choice (<SUBJECT> 
<item>...</item> <item>...</item> </SUBJECT>) ?


Cheers,
    Marco



Ray Plante wrote:

>On Tue, 5 Aug 2003, Robert Hanisch wrote:
>  
>
>>Creator = R. Hanisch
>>Creator = T. Linde
>>etc.
>>
>>for as many entries as are needed.  Can anyone comment on the merits of this
>>approach vs. what we are doing?  Perhaps it does not matter.
>>    
>>
>
>This is partly an encoding issue; multiple values may be rendered in a 
>different way depending on the format.  What is not an encoding issue is 
>indicating for which metadata multiple values are allowed.
>
>In the last version of the last version of VOResource, I had defined what 
>I call "list elements", eg. <SUBJECT> whose content was a list of values 
>which looked something like:
>
>   <SUBJECT>
>     <item>...</item>
>     <item>...</item>
>     <item>...</item>
>   </SUBJECT>
>
>After our experience with the prototype registry, we decided it was better 
>to just say...
>
>   <SUBJECT>...</SUBJECT>
>   <SUBJECT>...</SUBJECT>
>   <SUBJECT>...</SUBJECT>
>
>Tony is okay with this style, too, so that's where I expect to see us 
>going.  
>
>cheers,
>Ray
>
>
>  
>
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