Hello,
does Omeka support the usage of @type Attributes on Dublin-Core elements (in particular dc:identifier) as specified in the following document: http://dublincore.org/documents/dc-xml-guidelines/
If not, is such a feature foreseen in a future update or does a work-around exist?
Why is this important to us? We want to use Omeka to set up a virtual library of "learning materials". These objects however, can have more than one identifier (e.g. isbn, a signatur etc.) and with the current possibilites of Omeka it doesn't seem possible to clearly define the type of the identifier.
We recognize the utility of xsi:type or equivalent, but we currently have no plans to implement it on Omeka elements. Instead, we recommend that you write a plugin that adds an element set that includes explicitly-typed elements, e.g. ISBN, DOI, ISSN.
Note that, in the case of identifier, most schemes follow a standard format and, therefore, have self-identifying types.
Hi jsafley,
thanks for the reply ... I already considered that, so I think I'll have to get to work.
However, I didn't understand your last remark. Could you explain in more detail what you mean?
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Note that, in the case of identifier, most schemes follow a standard format and, therefore, have self-identifying types.
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Regards and thanks, Matthias
Humans and machines alike are able to discern many identifier types by their namespaces. For example, urn:ISBN:0385424728 is obviously an ISBN, http://dx.doi.org/10.1000/182 is obviously a DOI, etc. I was simply pointing out that it may be unnecessary to make an explicit distinction between identifiers if they are adequately namespaced. Of course, best practices may say otherwise.
I understand now ... thank you for the explanation.