ISSUE-63: Metadata Architecture for the Web

metadataArchitecture-63

Metadata Architecture for the Web

State:
OPEN
Product:
Metadata Architecture
Raised by:
Larry Masinter
Opened on:
2009-04-02
Description:
Proposed Architecture for Metadata on the Web

Various W3C specifications (as well as specs from other organizations) contain the notion of representing "metadata". While the word "metadata" has many broad definitions, for the purposes of this discussion, it's proposed to consider the application of semantics -- meaning -- specifically to the description of network resources and data. If a URI identifies a resource, metadata describes a resource. While the scope of "metadata" is ambiguous, at its core, it is necessary for a metadata model to clearly address the common metadata of
There are a number of W3C work products and questions which touch on metadata and would benefit from an architectural approach to metadata. This issue is to develop a framework for approaching metadata which allows development and growth in a coherent way of:

* Metadata model: what is the "data model" for typical metadata applications – the datatypes of the endpoints
* Metadata serialization: how can metadata be encoded in a representation system, be it RDF or something else
* Metadata vocabularies: what are appropriate vocabularies for describing various media objects and network services? What is the process by which new vocabularies can or should be developed, described, extended or changed?
* Metadata linking: What are the various ways in which metadata can be associated with “data” or other resources? Link relationships, protocol elements, mechanisms for embedding metadata in various kinds of data.

These four architectural perspectives interact with each other, of course.

An architectural approach to metadata for the web might review past and current W3C work on metadata look at existing practice around metadata on the web, web content, security issues of trust, the process for updating metadata, the issues around resolving conflicts, overlaps, updates to metadata, determining origin and authority for metadata and so forth.

This issue covers the overall framework; ISSUE-62 focuses on a specific case.
Related Actions Items:
Related emails:
  1. ISSUE-63 and recent work on provenance (from rees@mumble.net on 2012-06-29)
  2. Agenda for TAG F2F of 12-14 June 2012 (from nrm@arcanedomain.com on 2012-06-09)
  3. Draft minutes from 2012-05-03 TAG telcon (from jeni@jenitennison.com on 2012-05-03)
  4. Agenda for the TAG teleconference of 3 May 2012 (from nrm@arcanedomain.com on 2012-05-01)
  5. Draft Minutes of TAG F2F 2-4 April 2012 (from nrm@arcanedomain.com on 2012-04-20)
  6. Re: Minutes from TAG f2f April 4 (from ashok.malhotra@oracle.com on 2012-04-09)
  7. Re: Minutes from TAG f2f April 4 (from nrm@arcanedomain.com on 2012-04-09)
  8. Minutes from TAG f2f April 4 (from ashok.malhotra@oracle.com on 2012-04-09)
  9. There will be no TAG teleconference tomorrow, 29 March 2012 (from nrm@arcanedomain.com on 2012-03-28)
  10. Re: Preliminary TAG F2F Agenda ready for review (from jeni@jenitennison.com on 2012-03-22)
  11. Preliminary TAG F2F Agenda ready for review (from nrm@arcanedomain.com on 2012-03-21)
  12. Draft minutes of 4-6 January 2012 TAG F2F are now available (from nrm@arcanedomain.com on 2012-01-13)
  13. Agenda for TAG F2F 4-6 January 2012 (from nrm@arcanedomain.com on 2011-12-30)
  14. Agenda for the TAG teleconference of 22 December 2012 (from nrm@arcanedomain.com on 2011-12-20)
  15. Re: Draft minutes for telcon of 2011-11-10 (from nrm@arcanedomain.com on 2011-11-11)
  16. Draft minutes for telcon of 2011-11-10 (from jeni@jenitennison.com on 2011-11-11)
  17. Re: Agenda for the TAG teleconference of 10 November 2011 (from amy@w3.org on 2011-11-10)
  18. Re: Agenda for the TAG teleconference of 10 November 2011 (from ashok.malhotra@oracle.com on 2011-11-10)
  19. Re: Agenda for the TAG teleconference of 10 November 2011 (from Daniel.Appelquist@vodafone.com on 2011-11-10)
  20. Agenda for the TAG teleconference of 10 November 2011 (from nrm@arcanedomain.com on 2011-11-10)
  21. Re: ACTION-587 set pending review (from nrm@arcanedomain.com on 2011-10-25)
  22. ACTION-587 set pending review (from jar@creativecommons.org on 2011-10-24)
  23. Agenda for TAG F2F meeting: 13-15 September 2011 (from nrm@arcanedomain.com on 2011-09-05)
  24. Minutes for September 1 Telcon (from jeni@jenitennison.com on 2011-09-04)
  25. Very preliminary agenda and required reading for 13-15 Sept. 2011 TAG F2F now available (from nrm@arcanedomain.com on 2011-08-30)
  26. Re: ACTION-587 Prepare issue-57 and issue-63 documents for TAG members to discuss at Sept F2F (from julian.reschke@gmx.de on 2011-08-30)
  27. Re: ACTION-587 Prepare issue-57 and issue-63 documents for TAG members to discuss at Sept F2F (from jar@creativecommons.org on 2011-08-29)
  28. Re: ACTION-587 Prepare issue-57 and issue-63 documents for TAG members to discuss at Sept F2F (from nrm@arcanedomain.com on 2011-08-29)
  29. Re: ACTION-587 Prepare issue-57 and issue-63 documents for TAG members to discuss at Sept F2F (from jar@creativecommons.org on 2011-08-29)
  30. ACTION-587 Prepare issue-57 and issue-63 documents for TAG members to discuss at Sept F2F (from jar@creativecommons.org on 2011-08-22)
  31. Draft minutes for TAG telcon of 2011-08-04 (from jar@creativecommons.org on 2011-08-08)
  32. Re: Perspective on the metadata / discovery struggle (from dave.e.reynolds@gmail.com on 2011-06-30)
  33. Re: Perspective on the metadata / discovery struggle (from david@dbooth.org on 2011-06-30)
  34. Perspective on the metadata / discovery struggle (from jar@creativecommons.org on 2011-06-30)
  35. Re: Issue-57 (from tore.eriksson@po.rd.taisho.co.jp on 2011-06-27)
  36. Re: TAG session on metadata (from jar@creativecommons.org on 2011-05-31)
  37. Re: ISSUE-57 & ISSUE-63 draft: Information Resources and Web Metadata (from nrm@arcanedomain.com on 2011-05-30)
  38. Re: ISSUE-57 & ISSUE-63 draft: Information Resources and Web Metadata (from nrm@arcanedomain.com on 2011-05-17)
  39. ISSUE-57 & ISSUE-63 draft: Information Resources and Web Metadata (from jar@creativecommons.org on 2011-05-17)
  40. Draft minutes of the 8-10 February 2011 TAG F2F Meeting are now available (from nrm@arcanedomain.com on 2011-02-21)
  41. Draft minutes of the 8-10 February 2011 TAG F2F Meeting are now available (from nrm@arcanedomain.com on 2011-02-21)
  42. Final Agenda for TAG F2F 19-21 October 2010 (from nrm@arcanedomain.com on 2010-10-14)
  43. Agenda for TAG F2F of October 19-21 2010 (from nrm@arcanedomain.com on 2010-10-13)
  44. Telcon minutes 2010-10-07 (from jar@creativecommons.org on 2010-10-13)
  45. Re: Need metadata reading for ACTION-465 and ACTION-282 (from nrm@arcanedomain.com on 2010-10-12)
  46. RE: Need metadata reading for ACTION-465 and ACTION-282 (from masinter@adobe.com on 2010-10-12)
  47. MIME and the Web directions (from masinter@adobe.com on 2010-09-16)
  48. Late additions to the agenda for today's TAG call (from nrm@arcanedomain.com on 2010-09-16)
  49. Tag Teleconference Agenda for 16 September 2010 (from nrm@arcanedomain.com on 2010-09-14)
  50. Re: metadata architecture ISSUE-63 (from nrm@arcanedomain.com on 2010-09-14)
  51. metadata architecture ISSUE-63 (from jar@creativecommons.org on 2010-09-13)
  52. URIs for journal articles? (from jar@creativecommons.org on 2010-07-20)
  53. Fwd: Visualization of the Metadata Universe (from jar@creativecommons.org on 2010-06-22)
  54. Re: AWWSW status (F2F prep) (from michael.hausenblas@deri.org on 2010-03-17)
  55. Re: AWWSW status (F2F prep) (from hhalpin@ibiblio.org on 2010-03-17)
  56. Re: AWWSW status (F2F prep) (from david@dbooth.org on 2010-03-17)
  57. AWWSW status (F2F prep) (from jar@creativecommons.org on 2010-03-17)
  58. Re: ISSUE-57 (HttpRedirections) status report (from noah_mendelsohn@us.ibm.com on 2010-03-09)
  59. ISSUE-57 (HttpRedirections) status report (from jar@creativecommons.org on 2010-03-09)
  60. TAG Members: please reviews status of issues you 'shepherd' by Monday, 8 March (from noah_mendelsohn@us.ibm.com on 2010-03-03)
  61. Re: ORCID author identification initiative (from jar@creativecommons.org on 2010-01-21)
  62. ORCID author identification initiative (from jar@creativecommons.org on 2010-01-21)
  63. Re: Agenda and required reading for the 8-10 December 2009 TAG F2F (from noah_mendelsohn@us.ibm.com on 2009-12-07)
  64. Re: Agenda and required reading for the 8-10 December 2009 TAG F2F (from noah_mendelsohn@us.ibm.com on 2009-12-03)
  65. FYI: 'Microsoft Launches odata.org' (from connolly@w3.org on 2009-12-03)
  66. Agenda and required reading for the 8-10 December 2009 TAG F2F (from noah_mendelsohn@us.ibm.com on 2009-12-02)
  67. agenda for TAG meeting 8-10 Dec (from connolly@w3.org on 2009-11-25)
  68. Re: agenda for TAG meeting 8-10 Dec in progress (from ashok.malhotra@oracle.com on 2009-11-24)
  69. Re: agenda for TAG meeting 8-10 Dec in progress (from noah_mendelsohn@us.ibm.com on 2009-11-24)
  70. Minutes of Nov 19 TAG Telcon (from ashok.malhotra@oracle.com on 2009-11-22)
  71. Agenda for TAG teleconference of 12 November 2009 (from ht@inf.ed.ac.uk (Henry S. Thompson) on 2009-11-18)
  72. Agenda for TAG teleconference of 12 November 2009 (from ht@inf.ed.ac.uk (Henry S. Thompson) on 2009-11-17)
  73. suggestion for 19 Nov agenda (from connolly@w3.org on 2009-11-16)
  74. f2f planning - Issue 63 (from ashok.malhotra@oracle.com on 2009-11-13)
  75. TAG issue review (from masinter@adobe.com on 2009-10-16)
  76. Metadata at the TAG F2F (from noah_mendelsohn@us.ibm.com on 2009-09-16)
  77. global metadata goals post by Steven Rowat (from masinter@adobe.com on 2009-08-21)
  78. Draft minutes of TAG conference of 6th August 2009 (from john.1.kemp@nokia.com on 2009-08-11)
  79. Text-only version of TAG F2F minutes of 24 June 2009 (from noah_mendelsohn@us.ibm.com on 2009-08-10)
  80. Agenda for TAG teleconference of 23 July 2009 (from noah_mendelsohn@us.ibm.com on 2009-07-21)
  81. RE: Framing an Architecture for Metadata on the Web (from masinter@adobe.com on 2009-07-21)
  82. Re: Framing an Architecture for Metadata on the Web (from ashok.malhotra@oracle.com on 2009-07-21)
  83. Framing an Architecture for Metadata on the Web (from masinter@adobe.com on 2009-07-21)
  84. Minutes of TAG telcon 2009-05-28 (from ht@inf.ed.ac.uk (Henry S. Thompson) on 2009-05-29)
  85. Re: TAG F2F Priorities (from jar@creativecommons.org on 2009-05-28)
  86. Re: TAG F2F Priorities (from ashok.malhotra@oracle.com on 2009-05-28)
  87. TAG F2F Priorities (from noah_mendelsohn@us.ibm.com on 2009-05-27)
  88. Agenda for TAG teleconference of 28 May 2009 (from noah_mendelsohn@us.ibm.com on 2009-05-27)
  89. Draft minutes of TAG teleconference of 21 May 2009 (from noah_mendelsohn@us.ibm.com on 2009-05-26)
  90. Agenda for 21 May 2009 TAG Teleconference and Start of F2F Agenda Planning (from noah_mendelsohn@us.ibm.com on 2009-05-19)

Related notes:

This issue was created on 2009-04-02; see http://www.w3.org/2001/tag/2009/04/02-minutes.html for genesis. Some previous discussion occurred under issue-57 and issue-62. Related to AWWSW, http://esw.w3.org/topic/AwwswHome . Set shepherd to Larry per 04-02 minutes.

Jonathan Rees, 10 Jun 2009, 14:27:12

Email sent with above description

Larry Masinter, 21 Jul 2009, 22:42:07

See also
http://www.w3.org/2001/tag/2009/02/metadata-survey.html

Larry Masinter, 3 Aug 2009, 20:02:02

The relationship to ISSUE-62 is explained in http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-tag/2009Jul/0157.html.

Larry Masinter, 3 Sep 2009, 21:51:34

Added nickname, which had been missing. metadataArchitecture-63 (Noah)

Noah Mendelsohn, 14 Sep 2010, 21:20:37

Probably worth reviewing the Provenance WG final report: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-xg-prov/2010Dec/0014.html

Jonathan Rees, 30 Dec 2010, 20:14:32

Diagram to bring up in in discussion in case someone gets confused thinking that semantic web 'descriptions' are the same thing as 'metadata'

http://odontomachus.wordpress.com/2011/02/21/the-place-of-metadata/

Jonathan Rees, 21 Feb 2011, 23:48:59

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