Papers Comparing MCF, CDF, D-C & RDF?

Patrick Gannon (gannon@commerce.net)
Tue, 26 Aug 1997 10:17:48 -0700

Does anyone know of any papers that discuss and compare/contrast the =
scope of the following standards efforts:
MCF - Meta Content Framework (Apple/Netscape)
CDF - Channel Definition Format (Microsoft)
D-C - Dublin Core
RDF - Resource Description Framework (W3C)

I recognize that much of the discussion around these various topics =
indicates they are in various stages of development and review. What is =
not clear is the precise scope each of these endeavors. What problem =
sets are they trying to solve?

I have read most of the relevant documentation describing each of these =
proposals (except RDF, since there is no public document describing the =
scope of the W3C RDF WG that I could find).

So, is there any paper or soon-to-be-written paper that addresses the =
relative scope of these efforts?

Patrick Gannon
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