Re: Google Booksearch Data API: Another blow to library metadata

From: Ross Singer <rossfsinger_at_nyob>
Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2008 20:41:21 -0400
To: NGC4LIB_at_LISTSERV.ND.EDU
On Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 7:53 AM, Alexander Johannesen
<alexander.johannesen_at_gmail.com> wrote:

> Oh, the Google API is what they want. It isn't what the *library
> world* wants, but as they can't provide what the world wants, the
> world invents their own. That's evolution.

I'm not so sure it's not what the library world wants.  The Jangle
[1,2,3] project's architecture is generally pretty well accepted by
people who are responsible for library integration once they
understand the potential of AtomPub.  Getting over that hurdle isn't
simple, but results have a tendency to speak volumes.

By the way, the draft publication of the 1.0 spec will be released
this week.  You can follow the progress of the draft spec at:
http://jangle.org/drupal/1_0rev1spec

[1] http://jangle.org/
[2] http://code.google.com/p/jangle
[3] http://groups.google.com/group/jangle-discuss
-Ross

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