Re: Authority maintenance (was Subject costs)

From: Dan Lester <dan_at_nyob>
Date: Fri, 25 May 2007 15:49:35 -0600
To: NGC4LIB_at_listserv.nd.edu
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  From: "Jonathan Rochkind" <rochkind_at_JHU.EDU>
  To: NGC4LIB_at_listserv.nd.edu
  Received: 5/24/2007 9:14:48 AM
  Subject: Re: [NGC4LIB] Authority maintenance (was Subject costs)


  >I think this is a great idea for a project, but I do not think that a
  >wiki is appropriate to demonstrate this. You need a real database
  >environment. You can't do much with controlled metadata on a wiki.

  >"I'm ignorant enough that the technical question of whether said data in
  >a wiki setting could be constructed in such a way to allow export of
  >MARC in a format that can be readily imported into a library ILS is
  >possible. "

  >I dont' think so. A wiki is not the appropriate technology for a store
  >of structured data.

All of this makes the unproven assumption that 'structured data' is actually required.   I don't accept that assumption.

dan

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Received on Fri May 25 2007 - 15:45:26 EDT