Joshua wrote:
>You're implying here that open source doesn't have immediate rewards
>and isn't practical? :-)
Well, maybe a bit - but probably not a discussion to have on this list
;)
If someone had posted in reply to my question "invest in commercial
software, the only way we are going to see an NGC is if we encourage the
market to produce software worth implementing" then I'd come back with
the same point.
>I'd posit that the open-source OPACs out
>there are the closest thing on the market resembling a NGC.
When you say open-source OPACs do you mean ILS or stand alone OPAC
packages? I suppose the underlying question here is, to step towards an
NGC would I be better to start with replacing the ILS I use, or just
layering a nice NGC-type layer on top. To take a specific example (and
this is only as an example) would I be better off putting effort into
changing cataloguing practice to more FRBR like representations, or
investing in systems that are reasonably good at presenting a FRBRised
view of non-FRBR data?
Received on Fri Sep 14 2007 - 07:19:40 EDT