On 14 Sep 2007, at 14:17, Stephens, Owen wrote:
> 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 not on this list, I dare you to try putting that argument on the
code4lib 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.
and rightly so - past performance is not necessarily a good indicator
of how things will progress. But the market does need some
encouragement.
>
>> 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?
To take your specific example, given the volume of book stock you
have surely you're going to need to focus on analysing non-FRBR data
rather than changing cataloguing practices - though both changes may
ultimately be needed.
And FRBR is just one way of slicing the data, maybe you'll need to
slice it and re-group it in several different ways to achieve what
you want.
rob
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