[CF-metadata] detaching the standard name table

[John Caron]

I'd say i agree pretty much with the direction we are discussing here, 
in particular i liked Bryan's points.

 From my POV we need a "statement of purpose" and a collaboration tool 
(could be what we already have, email lists with archives) and we can 
get started on the rest.

The "governence framework" is crucial and here i'll take the opposite 
view of Roy and say that "a full-blown ISO19135 job" scares the hell out 
of me, but actually i have no idea what that means, im just fearful that 
burocratic (sp?) overhead can kill things easily. i would argue to set 
up a framework where any well-intentioned group can play, and count on 
"market forces" to eliminate the poorly done ones. Also, i would insist 
on putting everything into public domain, or equivilent.