[Catalog-sig] First cut at metadata
Andrew Kuchling
akuchlin@mems-exchange.org
Thu, 16 Nov 2000 10:18:07 -0500
Here's a proposed list of metadata to track in the first version of a
catalog. All of these fields are fairly straightforward in semantics,
and don't drag us into tangled issues. Anything simple that's missing
from this list?
--amk
Information about an author
===========================
Name
Home page
GnuPG/PGP key (both the actual key, and just the ID)
E-mail address (used as ID?)
E-mail address public: y/n
Information about a package
===========================
Name
Version
Supported Platforms
Description
Keywords
Homepage URL
Author IDs
License
Download link
Date of release
Left out for now: Dependency information
Information about a document
============================
Name
Author
Description
URL of HTML version
URL of printable version
(Either URL can be omitted if not applicable.)