DP Metadata

Active, Public, Industrial, Service and Private collaboration with documents.

Document Process Metadata (DP) is a complement to the biblographic metadata in Dublin Core (DC) for document at work.

DP constructs a document infrastructure that carries most routines over system borders. It extends and creates a standard for documents at work.

The generic functions are associated process:

Class (or Type)
State
Relation
Roles

Using DP is as simple as using word processor templates that stores information as properties or metadata within the document or the filesystem. None of this is realy shown while creating the documents, but the result is that it gets gets much more simplified in use.

Since information from the working process is stored with the document, its easy to follow and unpdate the document from many applications or databases. You are not bound by enterprise applications anymore!

Here is a technical description over DP elements:

DP.CLASS is the key to process classification and has this set of valid keys:

*DP.CLASS key*	*Defined*	*Common attributes*	*States (DP.STATE)*
Errand	Typically support issue or unassinged workorder	Field Issued Target Customer	Review, Open, Assigned, Confirmed, Pending, Active, Closed, Resolved
Definition Product Service	Specifications or product information	Field Target	Review, Active, Closed
Agreement Offer License	Contracts under that can be approved or rejected	Period Author	Open, Active, Confirmed, Closed, Discarded
Protocoll	Notes to tell what has been said or done.	Period Roles	Review
Invitation			Open, Closed, Confrimed
Order	Workorder		Assigned, Active, Pending, Closed
Plan	Structured plan covering goals, resources purpose etc.	Period Role(s) Parent	Review, Open, Active, Discarded, Hold, Closed
Information	Descriptions ideas and undefinables in a project or errand

The except for DP.CLASS and DP.STATE the cental elements are:

*Element name*	*Definition*	*Format*
DP.ROLE	INFO/	Person/Group/Organisation
DP.RELATION	Specific process naming (core, control and support process)	String
DP.TARGET	Na	Person/Group/Organisation
DP.CUSTOMER		Person/Group/Organisation
DP.PERIOD		Start date and duration