> Date: Thu, 4 Aug 2005 22:26:19 +0100
> From: Robert Sanderson <[log in to unmask]>
>
>>> It's not. It's a schema with the same fields as the context set
>>> has index names.
>>
>> But what _for_? Seriously. What kind of information could you
>> represent with this schema?
>
> Record metadata? :)
I know you've just being jokey, but there is a fairly serious point
here. We both know that a record of data about itself is meaningless
-- the only purpose of the "rec" context-set, and corresponding
elements, is to _accompany_ the conventional fields in a record, so as
to provide information about the provenance of the data in those
fields. So I am truly puzzled about what this schema is for. A
record that uses it can _only_ say things like "This record was
created on 2005-08-04 by Mike Taylor".
What am I missing?
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