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dcheney

11:35 pm on Jan 15, 2003 (gmt 0)

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This sounds like it might be of interest to some folks here:

http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1106-980626.html

"The move to establish the specification, called the SMBmeta initiative, is being led by Dan Bricklin, who helped popularize PC software in the late 1970s as co-inventor of the first spreadsheet program."

jeremy goodrich

1:09 am on Jan 16, 2003 (gmt 0)

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Good luck. I have a very hard time believer a user defined and or third party meta data information system of *any kind* will work in the grand scheme of things.

People still haven't come to consensus, by and large, for the 'de facto' standard meta tags, keywords & description.

I can think of a few engines that tried to get people to jump on board their 'meta tags'...they didn't work.

WebGuerrilla

8:02 am on Jan 16, 2003 (gmt 0)

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The Dublin Core Initative [dublincore.org] has been around since 1995. If they can't get search engines to adopt their system, then I doubt Mr. Bricklin will have much of a chance.

jeremy goodrich

8:16 am on Jan 16, 2003 (gmt 0)

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1995? It's that old?

It could be that the dublin core meta data system for tagging documents is something that Mr. Bricklin over looked.

People make mistakes. It happens.