Re: metadata != props

From: Kenneth Rohde Christiansen (kenneth@gnu.org)
Date: Thu May 16 2002 - 12:13:23 EDT

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    Wouldn't it be an idea to discuss this metadata support with the other
    Gnome Office developers, like the Gnumeric ones, so we don't end up with
    very different systems?

    Just a thought,
    Kenneth

    tor, 2002-05-16 kl. 18:07 skrev Paul Rohr:
        At 11:25 AM 5/16/02 -0400, Dom Lachowicz wrote:
    >I'm not working on this right now. My metadata props work on a document
    >level.
        
        Since this is the developer list, a quick terminology reminder. [1]
        
        As mentioned previously, I think it's very important for developers to
        maintain a metadata vs. PROPS distinction:
        
          http://www.abisource.com/mailinglists/abiword-dev/02/May/0384.html
          http://www.abisource.com/mailinglists/abiword-dev/02/May/0385.html
        
        We now have metadata (mostly user-visible, mostly for indexing purposes).
        Tomas and I claim that the file format *also* needs document-level PROPS
        which which work as defaults for lower-level PROPS.
        
        In short, metadata is what goes in the new dialog. PROPS don't.
        
        Paul
        
        [1] If this were the user list, I wouldn't quibble about this at all. As
        far as users are concerned, there *are* only one kind of file-level
        properties: the ones they see in the File Properties dialog.
        
        I just want to make sure that anyone doing development remembers the
        metadata vs. PROPS distinction. Nobody else needs to know or care.

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