| | 22 | * '''Other terms''': Metadata fragments are equivalent to subtemplates, a concept which has only ever been partially implemented in GeoNetwork. This proposal intends to implement subtemplates as fragments of metadata harvested from an external database. The idea of composed or componentized metadata and the term itself, appears to be common to many discussions on the net eg. (albeit obliquely) http://eww.jot.fm/issues/issue_2007_11/column6.pdf. Another term with similar concepts is "relational" metadata. Although there has been discussion in and around these topics, this proposal appears to be the first to suggest the mechanisms for implementing these concepts in GeoNetwork using fragments harvested from a database with a WFS interface. |
