Re: [CODE4LIB] automatic greeking of sample files

2011-12-13 Thread BRIAN TINGLE
On Dec 12, 2011, at 6:35 PM, Michael B. Klein wrote: > I've altered my previous function (https://gist.github.com/1468557) into > something that's pretty much a straight letter-substitution cipher. This is what I ended up using https://github.com/tingletech/greeker.py/blob/3ba1e84bc1ea51fa501c1a4

Re: [CODE4LIB] Namespace management, was Models of MARC in RDF

2011-12-13 Thread Peter Noerr
> -Original Message- > From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of > Richard Wallis > Sent: Tuesday, December 13, 2011 3:16 PM > To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU > Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Namespace management, was Models of MARC in RDF > > On 13 December 2011 22:17

Re: [CODE4LIB] Namespace management, was Models of MARC in RDF

2011-12-13 Thread Richard Wallis
On 13 December 2011 22:17, Peter Noerr wrote: > I agree with Karen below that a record seems more bounded and static, > whereas a description varies according to need. And that is the distinction > I was trying to get at: that the item stored in some database is everything > unique about that ent

Re: [CODE4LIB] Namespace management, was Models of MARC in RDF

2011-12-13 Thread Richard Wallis
Simon, You wrote: > Q: In your definition, can *descriptions *be put* * into 1:1 correspondence > with records (where a record is a atomic asserted set of propositions about > a resource)? > I do not believe so, especially when referencing back to where we started - the Marc Record. A Marc reco

Re: [CODE4LIB] Namespace management, was Models of MARC in RDF

2011-12-13 Thread Peter Noerr
Being no longer in Europe, I had completely missed the currently hot potato definition of EMU. But it had a nice feel to it I agree with Karen below that a record seems more bounded and static, whereas a description varies according to need. And that is the distinction I was trying to get at:

Re: [CODE4LIB] Namespace management, was Models of MARC in RDF

2011-12-13 Thread Simon Spero
On Tue, Dec 13, 2011 at 3:22 PM, Karen Coyle wrote: > Yes, I realize that you were asking Richard, but I'm a bit forward, as we > know. I do NOT see a description as atomic in the sense that a record is > atomic. A record has rigid walls, a description has permeable ones. A > description always

[CODE4LIB] Calling all Maryland, DC, and Virginia folk Save the Date

2011-12-13 Thread BWS Johnson
Salvete!     Just an alert that the next non OCLC sanctioned, deeply underground, seedy meeting of the MDC Chapter of Code4Lib will be gathering Tuesday, 10 January, 2012 10:00AM to Noon at The George Washington University Gelman Library in Foggy Bottom, DC 2130 H Street NW Washington DC 2005

Re: [CODE4LIB] Namespace management, was Models of MARC in RDF

2011-12-13 Thread Karen Coyle
Quoting Simon Spero : On Tue, Dec 13, 2011 at 8:58 AM, Richard Wallis wrote: However, I think you are thinking in the right direction - I am resigning myself to just using the word 'description'. Q: In your definition, can *descriptions *be put* * into 1:1 correspondence with records (wh

Re: [CODE4LIB] Namespace management, was Models of MARC in RDF

2011-12-13 Thread Simon Spero
On Tue, Dec 13, 2011 at 8:58 AM, Richard Wallis wrote: > However, I think you are thinking in the right direction - I am > resigning myself to just using the word 'description'. Q: In your definition, can *descriptions *be put* * into 1:1 correspondence with records (where a record is a atomic

Re: [CODE4LIB] Call for ‘Virtual’ Participation: LITA Mobile Computing IG meeting for ALA Midwinter 2012

2011-12-13 Thread Bohyun Kim
**Apologies for cross-posting** Call for 'Virtual' Participation: LITA Mobile Computing IG meeting for ALA Midwinter 2012 Online, Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2012 at noon EST The LITA Mobile Computing IG seeks 4-5 short presentations (10-15 minutes) on mobile computing for the upcoming 2012 ALA Midwinter

[CODE4LIB] Call for Pre-Conference Bootcamps proposals: ELAG 2012 - 14 May, 2012

2011-12-13 Thread Boheemen, Peter van
Call for Pre-Conference Bootcamp proposals: ELAG 2012 Pre-Conference Bootcamps - 15 May, 2012, Palma de Mallorca, Spain Are you a library hacker who has found new ways to leverage library data to build 21st century services? Are you a systems implementer boosting productivity by rapidly building

[CODE4LIB] \Call for presentation proposal: ELAG 2012 Conference, 15-17 May 2012

2011-12-13 Thread Boheemen, Peter van
Call for presentation proposals ELAG 2012 Conference presentations 16-18 May 2012, Palma de Mallorca, Spain Are your proud of the work you have been doing ? Do you think you know stuff you should share ? Do you have a great idea ? Are you able to teach your colleagues something ? Make yourself hear

[CODE4LIB] Call for workshop proposal: ELAG 2012 Workshops 15-17 May 2012

2011-12-13 Thread Boheemen, Peter van
Call for workshop proposals ELAG 2012 Workshops 16-18 May 2012, Palma de Mallorca, Spain Would you like to lead a stimulating discussion with a group of library technologists? Do you prefer encouraging audience participation rather giving a formal lecture? Do you have a specific area of expertise

Re: [CODE4LIB] Namespace management, was Models of MARC in RDF

2011-12-13 Thread Richard Wallis
Peter, On 12 December 2011 22:11, Peter Noerr wrote: > Trying to synthesize what Karen, Richard and Simon have bombarded us with > here, leads me to conclude that linking to existing (or to be created) > external data (ontologies and representations) is a matter of: being sure > what you’re the