Martin Malmsten posted a thread last autumn about exposing records in
the Swedish Union Catalog as linked data. Is this what you were
thinking of?
http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.culture.libraries.ngc4lib/4617
On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 6:25 AM, Thomas Baker <tbaker_at_tbaker.de> wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 07:09:09AM -0500, James Weinheimer wrote:
>> On Tue, 17 Feb 2009 12:46:48 +0100, Bernhard Eversberg <ev_at_BIBLIO.TU-BS.DE> wrote:
>> >"A new name for the catalog" has been clamored for not just in this
>> >forum for years. When this happens, there is invariably some skirmishing
>> >and dispute, but up until now no result and no semblance of consensus.
>> >But then, what exactly would a new name actually change?
>>
>> It may focus some people's attention. Unfortunately, these things really do
>> seem to make a difference in how people relate to you. Also, as Owen points
>> out, it also can make us feel differently about ourselves. The "catalog" has
>> always been insular and separated from many other related tools.
>
> Has anyone suggested "linked catalog"? That clearly ties
> into the Linked Data paradigm (or so I hope) and corrects the
> "insular" image while rooting it in a noble tradition.
>
>> This "insularity" has already changed in reality because of the world wide
>> web, but the attitudes of many catalogers/metadata creators has yet to
>> change. The idea that we must fit ourselves into the work of others is quite
>> different from the old idea of being in 100% control of our local catalogs.
>> Perhaps giving it a new name would help in this regard.
>
> "Linked" nicely implies "fitting in".
>
> Tom
>
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> Tom Baker <tbaker_at_tbaker.de>
>
Received on Wed Feb 18 2009 - 09:25:55 EST