Right, but CDDB is mostly about retrieval, not editing. OpenFRBR needs to embed its *editing* functions within something else, don't you think? Certainly, once it has data, it should offer itself via APIs like xISBN and thingISBN.
PS: "Desktop home cataloging software" Bah! ;) On 11/2/06, Jonathan Rochkind <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
William Denton wrote: > On the site, I say what it might look like in a few months: "A person > grabs a book off the shelf and enters the ISBN into OpenFRBR. OpenFRBR > checks all available sources [...] My suggestion for an even better scenario: A person grabs a book off the shelf, and enters the ISBN into an application they use for dealing with books. (LibraryThing, Desktop home cataloging software, professional cataloging software (!), firefox extension, local library web page, or the OpenFRBR web site itself). The application contacts OpenFRBR behind the scenes and checks all available.... Think of the way the CDDB works. Jonathan
