Re: Astonishing news: RDA goes 2.0

From: Simon Spero <ses_at_nyob>
Date: Thu, 3 May 2007 14:55:54 -0400
To: NGC4LIB_at_listserv.nd.edu
Oh hell yeah.

Maybe this will encourage Hayworth to  get the "Knitting the semantic web"
special issue of C&CQ out the door :-)

Simon

On 5/3/07, Karen Coyle <kcoyle_at_kcoyle.net> wrote:
>
> I posted this to my blog, but here's a summary:
>
> As a result of a meeting
> <http://www.bl.uk/services/bibliographic/meeting.html>at the British
> Library on April 30 and May 1, it has been announced
> <http://www.bl.uk/services/bibliographic/meeting.html> that RDA and
> Dublin Core communities will work together in the following ways:
>
>     * develop a formal RDA Element vocabulary (probably following the DC
>       Abstract Model)
>     * develop an application profile of RDA for Dublin Core using FRBR
>       and FRAD
>     * use RDF and SKOS to disclose RDA vocabularies
>
> For more, see http://kcoyle.blogspot.com. If you suspect that this is an
> April Fool's, here's the official announcement:
>
> http://www.bl.uk/services/bibliographic/meeting.html
>
> This is truly an amazing development, and I think it begins a new phase
> in our profession. I have to thank everyone who worked hard to make this
> happen, and I will "pre-thank" those who will be part of the development
> phase that takes us into a new world of actionable metadata.
>
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Received on Thu May 03 2007 - 12:53:07 EDT