Ere Maijala wrote:
>
> How about if I put it this way:
>
> We should begin with what we, as information professionals and experts,
> think that people need and only then determine whether the formats can
> or cannot do what we determine is necessary. If it turns out the present
> formats cannot do what we think is necessary, we can consider new
> formats, but the emphasis should be on what is needed.
>
Correct. But exactly "what is needed" is what we still don't know or
can't pin down. And I think there will not be one easy answer but any
community, no, any one person needs something ever so slightly different
and something else the next time. So, our data model needs to support
exports in many flavors and dressings.
But now, the mighty RDA toolkit is out. Go and look if it might get us
closer to solutions, based on the FRBR data model as it is. But don't
forget there are gigatons of legacy data.
B.Eversberg
Received on Thu Jun 24 2010 - 03:24:28 EDT