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This document describes problems related to embedded metadata in HTML documents experienced with Microsoft's Internet Assistant for Word.

Example 3

This example is based on an expired suggestion for embedded Dublin Core syntax.

Initially this page was created using a text editor. It contained the following in the document HEAD. Note that this format for embedded Dublin Core metadata is no longer recommended.

<TITLE>Test</TITLE>
<META HTTP-EQUIV="Last-modified:" CONTENT="05-Jan-98">
<META NAME="package" CONTENT="(TYPE=begin) Dublin Core">
<LINK REL=SCHEMA.dc HREF="http://purl.org/metadata/dublin_core_elements.html">
<META NAME="DC.author" CONTENT="(TYPE=name) UKOLN">
<META NAME="DC.author" CONTENT="(TYPE=email) b.kelly@ukoln.ac.uk">
<META NAME="DC.author" CONTENT="(TYPE=affiliation) UKOLN">
<META NAME="DC.subject" CONTENT="(SCHEME=keyword) Research, Network, Internet">
<META NAME="DC.identifier" CONTENT="(TYPE=url) http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/">
<META NAME="DC.form" CONTENT="(SCHEME=IMT) text/html">
<META NAME="DC.date" CONTENT="(TYPE=creation) (SCHEME=ISO31) 1996-09-19">
<META NAME="DC.language" CONTENT="(SCHEME=ISO639) en">
<META NAME="package" CONTENT="(TYPE=end) Dublin Core">

The document was then loaded into Microsoft Word For Windows. It was saved as an HTML file. After the Save it contained the following in the document HEAD.

<META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=windows-1252">
<META NAME="Generator" CONTENT="Microsoft Word 97">
<TITLE>example1-ia</TITLE>
<META NAME="package" CONTENT="(TYPE=end) Dublin Core">
<META NAME="DC.author" CONTENT="(TYPE=affiliation) UKOLN">
<META NAME="DC.subject" CONTENT="(SCHEME=keyword) Research, Network, Internet">
<META NAME="DC.identifier" CONTENT="(TYPE=url) http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/">
<META NAME="DC.form" CONTENT="(SCHEME=IMT) text/html">
<META NAME="DC.date" CONTENT="(TYPE=creation) (SCHEME=ISO31) 1996-09-19">
<META NAME="DC.language" CONTENT="(SCHEME=ISO639) en">
<META NAME="Template" CONTENT="C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office\html.dot">
<META HTTP-EQUIV="Last-modified:" CONTENT="05-Jan-98">
<LINK REL=SCHEMA.dc HREF="http://purl.org/metadata/dublin_core_elements.html">

Internet Assistant made the following changes to the information contained in the document HEAD:

• Changed the content of the TITLE element of the document (Shown in green in CSS-compatible browsers)
• Changed the order of the META elements (Shown in blue in CSS-compatible browsers)
• Added several elements (Shown in red in CSS-compatible browsers)

Note that if your browser supports style sheets, the lines concerned are indicated in red, green or blue.

Other Problems

In addition to changes to the information contained in the document HEAD, Internet Assistant had added various elements to the document content, in particular <FONT> elements.