Re: [CODE4LIB] RDA - a standard that nobody will notice?

2008-12-17 Thread Rob Sanderson
My first question would be: Why? Why invent a new element for title (etc.) rather than using Dublin Core? Wouldn't it have been easier to do this building from SWAP? http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/repositories/digirep/index/Eprints_Application_Profile And my second question would be: Really? 251

Re: [CODE4LIB] [Fwd: Re: [CODE4LIB] RDA - a standard that nobody will notice?]

2008-12-17 Thread Bill Dueber
On Wed, Dec 17, 2008 at 10:13 AM, Diane I. Hillmann metadata.ma...@gmail.com wrote: I'd suggest that some specific use cases for what would be gained by open access and how that would provide value for libraries as well as the web communities might be the most useful thing right now. I

[CODE4LIB] RDA - a standard that nobody will notice?

2008-12-17 Thread Jakob Voss
Hi, As you may already noticed the Resource Description and Access (RDA) cataloguing instructions will be published 2009. You can submit final comments on the full draft until February 2nd: http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/jsc/rda.html

Re: [CODE4LIB] RDA - a standard that nobody will notice?

2008-12-17 Thread Karen Coyle
Rob Sanderson wrote: My first question would be: Why? Why invent a new element for title (etc.) rather than using Dublin Core? Wouldn't it have been easier to do this building from SWAP? http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/repositories/digirep/index/Eprints_Application_Profile And my second question would

Re: [CODE4LIB] RDA - a standard that nobody will notice?

2008-12-17 Thread Karen Coyle
Jakob Voss wrote: 1.) the standard is scattered in a set of PDF files instead of clean web based HTML (compare with the W3C recommendations). You cannot easily browse and search in RDA with your browser and a public search engine of your choice. You cannot link to a specific paragraph to

[CODE4LIB] [Fwd: Re: [CODE4LIB] RDA - a standard that nobody will notice?]

2008-12-17 Thread Diane I. Hillmann
Jakob: I'm glad you're interested in RDA and think it's a step in the right direction. I'd like to update you on a few issues you mention in your post, however, which I hope will reassure you a bit. Jakob Voss wrote: Hi, As you may already noticed the Resource Description and Access (RDA)