The Cidoc Conceptual Reference Module: An Ontological Approach To Semantic Interoperability Of Metadata / quote 8 of 9
Model for data capture vs data interpretation
We make the hypothesis that much of the diversity of data and metadata structures is due to the fact, that they are designed for data capturing – as guide for good practice of what should be documented, and to optimise coding and storage costs for a specific application, by far more than for interpreting data.
Necessarily, these data structures are relatively flat (in order to suggest a workflow of entering data to the user) and full of application specific hidden constants and simplifications.