Re: Content vs. Carrier

Hi Karen,

> I, too, have no doubt that for some functions we will exchange records
> -- for example, for cataloging purposes, we may have a record that
> combined the essential data of the Work, Expression, and Manifestation
> (or some future version thereof).
>
> However, I think that our records will not be uniform in the way they
> are today. I can imagine that for many functions records may be created
> "on the fly" from a variety of resources. This is where tying the
> provenance to the record falls down. Although I guess that depends on
> what you mean by record... but a bibliographic description with authors,
> titles, subjects, publishers could be made up of many resources, each
> with relevant administrative data.


I think I fully agree. Even though there might be an "initial" data package somewhere that correspond to what has been created by one organization at some point, there's likely to be more dynamic "records" all around the place.


> The big question in my mind is what
> is the ideal level at which to record that administrative data? Trying
> to do so on a statement-by-statement basis is probably too costly and
> unwieldy. I suspect we will arrive at the best point through some trial
> and error.


And I also suspect that there won't be any single answer. Applications will dictate their requirements, even for the "initial" source above (it will just be a packaging of everything that institution found relevant to publish, or was able to publish given its restricted means or a specific data creation policy).


>
> Quoting Antoine Isaac <aisaac@few.vu.nl>:
>
>
>> In the LLD approach a record (which is an information resource) without
>> bibliographic data (which described non-information resources, even
>> though in the "real world our books may be information resources but
>> containing other data ;-) ) is meaningless, while bibliographic data
>> could still be used independently of the record that initially
>> contained it.
>
> Yes, I agree, we have to assume that bibliographic data will be used
> outside of any context that we provide for it. But perhaps our own uses
> will retain the provenance, even if others do not?


Well, this shows again the crucial aspect of use cases and case studies for our work. We've got to get a better idea of those before discussing this topic further, it seems :-)

Antoine

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