> I beleive that the problem with SWAP is that there is a mismatch
> between the "Scholarly Work" and the "Work of the Scholar". The
> "Scholarly Work" part of SWAP only models a single
> "publication" (text/
> story/identifiable piece of content) with all its varied expressions
> and manifestations. It is too bibliocentric to properly model the
> broader "Work of the Scholar" which can find preprints, postprints,
> supplemental data, presentations and even news reports jammed
> together
> into a single repository item. I'm not saying that it's the majority
> use case for a repository, but its certainly emerging.
Arghhh... sounds horribly like a "content package"! :-(
Andy
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