--- storage/meta/meta-format.tex 2004/05/18 13:33:59 1.14 +++ storage/meta/meta-format.tex 2004/07/16 13:45:49 1.15 @@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ \author{Robert Casties, Dirk Wintergrün, Hans-Christoph Liess} -\date{V1.1.1 of 18.5.2004} +\date{V1.2 of 16.7.2004} \begin{document} @@ -317,17 +317,49 @@ on the page \subsection{Collection context} \label{sec:collection-context} -The context of a resource as part of a collection or part of a project can be -specified in the \texttt{context} element. All elements in the -container can appear multiple times. +The context of a resource as part of a collection or part of a project +can be specified in the \texttt{context} element. The context element +can appear multiple times if the resource is part of multiple +collections or projects. \begin{description} \item[context] information on collection or project context. \begin{description} - \item[link] URL to additional context information. + \item[link] URL to additional context information -- optional. - \item[name] Textual description of project or collection. + \item[name] Textual description of project or collection -- optional. + + \item[meta-datalink] description of external sources of canonical meta + information -- optional + \begin{description} + \item[db] \textbf{attribute} to identify different sets of meta data + links to the same resource -- optional + + \item[object] \textbf{attribute} to identify different objects or + parts of the same resource -- optional + + \item[label] textual label for the link -- optional + + \item[url] URL to present to the client -- optional + + \item[metadata-url] URL to an external server to be queried -- optional + \end{description} + + \item[meta-baselink] description of external server for canonical meta + information -- optional + \begin{description} + \item[db] \textbf{attribute} to identify different sets of meta data + links to the same resource -- optional + + \item[label] textual label for the link -- optional + + \item[url] URL to present to the client -- optional + + \item[metadata-url] URL to an external server to be queried -- + required (the parameter \texttt{object=} with an object id has + to be appended to this URL) + \end{description} \end{description} \end{description}