What about a generalised semantic mapping system? I suppose that's what a
catalog has been all along. But something that doesn't impose its own rules
what it should be, other than some basic principles of how things relate to
eachother. Yes, I know the web is sort of like that, but I have something
different in mind.
Peter Schlumpf
http://www.avantilibrarysystems.com
On 3/29/10, Beacom, Matthew <matthew.beacom_at_yale.edu> wrote:
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> NGC4LIB_at_LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Tim Spalding
> Sent: Saturday, March 27, 2010 1:48 AM
> To: NGC4LIB_at_LISTSERV.ND.EDU
> Subject: [NGC4LIB] Next next generation catalogs
>
>
> Tim asked
>
> ...
>
> So, ladies and gentleman, get out your crystal balls and tell me what is
> the "next" next gen?
>
>
> ...
>
> This has been happening already to some extent, but I think the "next"
> thing in catalogs and cataloging will be a de-coupling of the catalog's
> inventory and discovery functions.
>
> As long as local collections and local licensed access restrictions exist,
> we'll need local catalogs focused on inventory control to manage tangible
> collections and licensed materials. But instead of a single native discovery
> interface to that inventory control system, we'll have multiple approaches
> to discovery (universal discovery tools like Google, Bing, etc.) and
> specific discovery tools that may work well for a slice of the whole
> (national tools, subject domain tools, type of material, etc.)
>
> For instance, when I search http://finden.nationallizenzen.de/ for "Wealth
> of Nations," I find a record with a URL that links to the Gale product,
> MOME's digital version of one copy of one edition/printing (London : Printed
> for W. Strahan, and T. Cadell, 1776.) And that service link recognizes me as
> entering MOME as a qualified (i.e. paying) customer because I'm affiliated
> with Yale. The index I'm searching is set up to benefit German researchers.
>
> In short, then the next next generation catalog is invisible and ubiquitous
> network of metadata about information objects, users, and permissions.
>
>
> Matthew Beacom
>
>
Received on Mon Mar 29 2010 - 19:57:54 EDT