Tim,
Why do you feel they were 'intentionally hamstrung'? Because they
were converted to MODS?
I think MIT is providing a dataset to allow people to use for their
own whims. If the Simile project benefitted from the data being MODS
(and I could definitely see why they would feel that way), why is
wrong to then share that data? Just because it's not how you intended
to use it?
Also, I'm skeptical as to whether the roundtripping of MODS back to
MARC is /so/ lossy as to render the records unusable.
-Ross.
On 4/25/07, Tim Spalding <tim_at_librarything.com> wrote:
> http://simile.mit.edu/wiki/Barton_Dataset_License
>
> So, MIT's records are intentionally hamstrung in format—rendered unfit
> for actual cataloging—restricted to non-commercial use, and explicitly
> marked as containing data--but no way of knowing which!--still subject
> to OCLC's say-so.
>
> This is a victory for openness?
>
> T
>
> On 4/25/07, Ross Singer <ross.singer_at_library.gatech.edu> wrote:
> > http://simile.mit.edu/rdf-test-data/barton/
> >
> > Note, it's available as MODS, not MARC.
> >
> > -Ross.
> >
> > On 4/25/07, Ross Singer <ross.singer_at_library.gatech.edu> wrote:
> > > Harvey, you should check again. It's been available for some time now.
> > >
> > > -Ross.
> > >
> > > On 4/25/07, Hahn, Harvey <hhahn_at_ahml.info> wrote:
> > > > Tim Spalding wrote:
> > > > |I'd also appreciate any info on the MIT issue. I wrote that OCLC
> > > > |pulled it, and was corrected. I'd love to point to some authoritative
> > > > |(or blogitative) source.
> > > >
> > > > Maybe the OSS4LIB list (www.oss4lib.org) archives gives more information
> > > > (I haven't visited in a while). I think that the archives indicated
> > > > that the MIT Barton database was initially publicly available for an
> > > > extremely short period of time. I'm waiting for its availability again
> > > > (like everybody else).
> > > >
> > > > Harvey
> > > >
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Received on Wed Apr 25 2007 - 20:40:52 EDT