(Writing from your home country today)
Peter,
Aah, you're in Holland now. Do you happen to be near Den Haag (The Hague)?
It is considered a temporary solution until a more permanent place could be found.
I understand the background of this being a temporary solution, but you can not call it a temporary solution when this is already "live". Hopefuly you can use my summier input above when a more final solution is being determined.
Everyone agrees that there needs to be standardization here, the question was what was possible to get out the door, given the fact that no standard exists at the time.
A good moment to set a standard is when there is no standard yetÂ

. And i couldn't agree more. As XMP is so easy to use to exchange metadata it becomes more and more important to strive for one standard which all management/keywording tools could then follow. Maybe good to include the "independant" IPTC organization in the discussion. Also if you need me to provide input, I'd be more than happy to provide it.
Hert