Hello I wrote a new module [1] for manipulating OCS [2] datasets. I called it XML::OCS, as it was a sort of sister / brother of XML::RSS, which is for RSS files (which is one of the many things that OCS datasets describe). I announced it to the Perl-XML list, and a comment or two was made about the fact that XML:: is now (? was always ?) reserved for modules specifically dealing with XML as an end in itself, rather than an application of XML (means to an end). This is fair enough, but currently XML::RSS remains in XML:: namespace (I have no problem with that - Jonathan's module is well established). We debated the namespace issue, and I think Metadata:: would be appropriate for my module. This was also suggested by the author of the OCS standard Ian Davis. Matt Sergeant and Ken Macleod copied this email address on some of their posts to the Perl-XML list on this debate. I had also thought of Syndication:: but this is too narrow and doesn't reflect what OCS is and is becoming. I was wondering generally: (a) if you had any thoughts on this, and specifically: (b) whether you think Metadata:: is OK. OCS is essentially data about RSS, Scripting News, CDF, and CGI-GET-based services (a la Meerkat, for example), which itself is data (or pointers) to the 'end' data, so there's definitely one or two metas in there ;-) Kind regards, and looking forward to hearing from you DJ Adams [1] http://www.internetalchemy.org/ocs/perl [2] http://www.internetalchemy.org/ocs
