Benefits of Avoiding Runtime/Build-Time Distinctions for Metadata Vocabularies
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Track: Metadata and Semantics, Knowledge Management, Large-Scale Architectures
Audience Level: Technical view
Time: Tuesday, November 15 16:00
Keywords: Metadata, Schema, Interoperability, Data Representation
Abstract:
The paradigm of runtime vs. build-time is predicated on the assumption that we have two groups of people doing very different work and this work requires different metadata systems and tools. While in general we can say the skill sets of different user groups are different, is the build vs. run distinction necessary and useful in the context of Web services and service-oriented architecture? This paper will look at the activities of representative groups in building and using metadata vocabularies and argue that a rigid distinction may be neither real nor helpful.
