[RDA-L] Triumvirate of giants committed to scheming

2011-06-21 Thread Bernhard Eversberg
Some of us have anticipated that one day Google would enter the metadata arena with an approach entirely their own. Now, this seems to have happened. But not just Google alone is making the move, they have forged an unprecedented triumvirate with their two biggest competitors, Microsoft and

Re: [RDA-L] Triumvirate of giants committed to scheming

2011-06-21 Thread James Weinheimer
On 21/06/2011 11:08, Bernhard Eversberg wrote: snip Some of us have anticipated that one day Google would enter the metadata arena with an approach entirely their own. Now, this seems to have happened. But not just Google alone is making the move, they have forged an unprecedented triumvirate

Re: [RDA-L] Triumvirate of giants committed to scheming

2011-06-21 Thread Ed Jones
/ Resource Description and Access [mailto:RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA] On Behalf Of James Weinheimer Sent: Tuesday, June 21, 2011 3:42 AM To: RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA Subject: Re: [RDA-L] Triumvirate of giants committed to scheming On 21/06/2011 11:08, Bernhard Eversberg wrote: snip Some of us

Re: [RDA-L] Triumvirate of giants committed to scheming

2011-06-21 Thread Croft, Emily
Didn't we also expect that their design would bear scant resemblance with anything the library world has ever come up with? The design or markup language might be unique (and I'm not saying it is), but things like author, title, genre, subject, date published, are all standard. OTOH, their