Hi Karen, please also see my latest post on the subject. I just want to comment on your differentiation between "distribution" and "publication".
> Would it cause problems if two types of elements are identified within a > media package: a "distribution" element to represent the actual file at its > distribution location, and "publication" elements that represent publishings > and logical links for a user to access the media. The "publications" don't > have to know about each other, but the "publication"s do know about the > related "distribution" object. This would only work if there is a 1:1 relationship between the original media package element and its role within a publication, i.e. if the files are taken as is and copied to a location where they are accessible via a URL. With metadata this will must likely be not the case. Many channels will read only a subset or create a digest, transform them to a different format and then store the result maybe in a database. In these cases you cannot create such a distribution element but only an element that notes that e.g. the episode dublin core has been used. See my other post for further details. Christoph _______________________________________________ Matterhorn mailing list [email protected] http://lists.opencastproject.org/mailman/listinfo/matterhorn To unsubscribe please email [email protected] _______________________________________________
