Pointed out by Karen Coyle, a recent article in Library High Tech
News offers the opinion that DC is dead, mainly to be replaced by
MODS, but makes some nasty (and pretty silly, IMHO) accusations about
OCLC and profit motive in developing DC in the first place.
LHTN is available via subscription to Emeral Fulltext, but your
institution may subscribe; try this URL to find out -
http://www.emeraldinsight.com/lhtn.htm
debra
At 6:51 PM -0700 10/9/04, Karen Coyle wrote:
>A recent issue of Library High Tech (which I'd point you to, but it
>requires a subscription -- I got in during the brief "free" period for
>this volume) has an article by Jeffrey Beall called "Dublin Core: An
>Obituary." (v. 21, Issue 8). The article has some of the normal analysis
>of the weaknesses of Dublin Core (lack of semantics, etc.). But it also
>has some rather strong language about OCLC that I must say surprised me.
>The author doesn't cite any sources, so I'm wondering if I'm the only
>one who doesn't know some deep, dark secret. (The article is listed as
>"Article type: Journalistic" -- but even journalists have sources,
>right?)
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