Original Message:
-----------------
From: Dan Lester dan_at_riverofdata.com
Now IF some want to do the diddling with current rules and procedures,
fine. But meanwhile, others need to be off in different directions.
******
I see a tension between rules and redundancy. It seems to me that we can
count on redundancy to make up for the imperfections of the world of
information. Rather than creating a "more perfect" metadata record, and
rather than trying to de-duplicate the universe of information, we can use
the duplication to our advantage. As an example, there are journals that
are indexed by more than one A&I service, and the indexing done by those
services will have some differences. Those differences are not WRONG, they
are different opportunities for the user to discover the item. If we don't
feel that we have to get down to only one way to access things, down to
only one metadata record for discovery, then differences are a good thing,
and the emphasis on rules becomes less important. Not that no rules are
needed, but you can accept multiple sets of rules and worry less about
having rules that are perfect.
kc
--------------------------------------------------------------------
mail2web - Check your email from the web at
http://mail2web.com/ .
Received on Tue Oct 03 2006 - 08:50:11 EDT