On Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 5:04 PM, Weinheimer Jim <j.weinheimer_at_aur.edu> wrote:
> and while I personally don't care for the version at the lcsh.info site (that's just my opinion), that is irrelevant.
Well, lcsh.info's purpose isn't for making the LC Subjects Headings
available in a web browseable interface. It was designed as a project
to model LCSH in SKOS and make it available as Linked Data. So
instead of using:
650 _0 |a Semantic Web.
You'd use:
http://lcsh.info/sh2002000569#concept
The former is useless in a web context. Using the latter (whether or
not you believe SKOS is suitable for LCSH is beside the point for
this) ensures that two disparate resources are referring to the same
thing.
Bernhard Eversberg's interface is made for information consumers to
use, while Ed Summer's application exists for information creators.
I think this offhand critique of design misses the point of their
completely different purposes.
-Ross.
Received on Tue Sep 23 2008 - 07:40:55 EDT