one good thing of course is that we already have standards for
representation and collection of data from the VRA and Dublin Core.
By sticking to well known and operationalizable standards, we can
avoid many of the issues of interoperability that we've been hearing
about.
On Apr 9, 2008, at 10:42 AM, Filippo A. Salustri wrote:
> Certainly some organization (content formats, workflow, etc) should
> be set out, but with an eye to modifying the structure to respond to
> emerging needs that we'll likely not notice till we're in the thick
> of it.
>
> I would be surprised if we cannot find appropriate opensource tools
> to do this.
>
> Cheers.
> Fil
>
> David Durling wrote:
>> On 9 Apr 2008, at 1:57 pm, Jeremy Hunsinger wrote:
>>> so, 'start informal' and as it progresses formalities develop, but
>>> don't start with the formalities and bureaucracies before you have
>>> significant content.
>> Broadly I agree with this, but there seems little harm in
>> establishing some overarching structure. For example, it could be
>> very irritating to have to address many formats in different
>> databases. Perhaps a suggested template might be made available
>> from the 'centre', together with a means of organising and
>> searching the entire network? Or at least ensuring that Google
>> Scholar makes a reasonable job of searching them all and presenting
>> the results in a meaningful way.
>> David
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School of Information Studies, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (www.cipr.uwm.edu
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