Re: [RDA-L] Access to the knowledge of cataloging

2013-12-05 Thread Bernhard Eversberg
04.12.2013 21:07, Laurence S. Creider: If I were a business or business group thinking about adopting a new standard and had a choice between the costs of RDA and a community standard that was largely open, I probably would not choose RDA even if it were markedly superior to the other standard.

Re: [RDA-L] Access to the knowledge of cataloging

2013-12-05 Thread James Weinheimer
On 12/5/2013 9:03 AM, Bernhard Eversberg wrote: 04.12.2013 21:07, Laurence S. Creider: I think that the most we can hope for is for other content standards that we can make compatible to RDA so that data can be exchanged in the other format. We have to realize that schema.org, mentioned by

Re: [RDA-L] Access to the knowledge of cataloging

2013-12-05 Thread Bernhard Eversberg
05.12.2013 10:29, James Weinheimer: Whether we like it or whether we don't, libraries are not the main places where people go to for their information needs. When was the last time you saw in a movie or TV show that when someone needed information, they were told: Go to a library and ask a libra

Re: [RDA-L] Access to the knowledge of cataloging

2013-12-05 Thread Dan Matei
Dear James I agree with you most of the time. But... -Original Message- From: James Weinheimer Date: Thu, 5 Dec 2013 10:29:39 +0100 > choices even though many try to deny that there are choices. The first > step--I think--is to eliminate the mind-numbing fantasy that FRBR is > some ki