> Does it radically change anything about the bibliographic data? This
> is not to say that back-office efficiencies aren't needed (definitely
> they are), but unless they can start dramatically affecting how we can
> display and reuse our data, I sort of feel that this is just "the same
> turd, in different clothing, in the cloud".
>
If that's all it does, WMS would not be very interesting.
However, my understanding is that one of the major components of WMS is a
developer's platform that allows library and vendor developers to create
applications that interact with WMS.
This would allow more seamless interoperability with other services as well
as the ability to add functionality not already provided. It would also
represent a major shift in thinking away from provision of black boxes.
kyle
Received on Thu Aug 12 2010 - 12:55:17 EDT