> From: Next generation catalogs for libraries
> [mailto:NGC4LIB_at_LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Diane I. Hillmann
> Sent: Monday, October 19, 2009 11:58 AM
> To: NGC4LIB_at_LISTSERV.ND.EDU
> Subject: Re: [NGC4LIB] Tim Berners-Lee on the Semantic Web
>
> I'm not sure exactly why we're not getting through to folks that what
> you're asking for below is exactly what we're doing with the RDA
> elements and vocabularies. The way we've proceeded is designed to make
> the elements and vocabularies usable by library applications as well as
> semantic web applications. I've posted about this to the point that
> I've started to feel like a broken record.
Speaking from a *personal* point of view, I didn't get this aspect of RDA
until your presentation in the NISO Webinar: "Bibliographic Control" on
October 14. However, that left me with more questions about the details
(RDFS/OWL) of how RDA elements have this duality of "Semantic Web" vs.
"Library" usage and whether this distinction was really necessary. The
RDA committee obviously thought this distinction was necessary, but it's
not clear, to me, why every RDA element/property has to have a Semantic
Web equivalent.
Could you post a URI to the presentation you did for the NISO Webinar? I
found it helpful and others probably would too, especially if they didn't
attend, in understanding RDA's Semantic Web aspect.
Andy.
Received on Mon Oct 19 2009 - 12:34:49 EDT