Re: AW: Recommendations: URIs

Quoting Antoine Isaac <aisaac@few.vu.nl>:


> That being said, I would put in the recommendations that some  
> libraries or library organizations should play a leading role  
> organizing the metadata element set space. I don't think that it  
> deviates much from the current organization, by the way--think of  
> the Library of Congress. It's just about warning that the old roles  
> still apply, even if the technology is changing.
> One change may be in the way this is done, though: libraries  
> involved in element set work should probably work in a more  
> cross-domain environments, as modelling is more about networking:  
> universities, W3C, publishers, DCMI and other organizations are  
> partners that come to mind...

Antoine, both of these recommendations are important, and we have them  
in the recommendations section only not exactly in those words. I  
think we should be sure, though, that this is clear.

One thing we have said is that if an organization that has maintained  
an element set or vocabulary in the past is NOT able to translate this  
to LD that they should be willing to delegate that work to someone who  
IS able. The purpose of this is to avoid road blocks if some major  
organizations don't move "in good time." In a sense, this is what  
happened with RDA -- DCMI and the JSC collaborated and DCMI provided  
the technical expertise that JSC does not have. This kind of  
collaboration is very promising, IMO, because it ends up being a  
learning experience for everyone. I think we should change our text to  
say "delegate or join forces" -- the collaborative aspect is key to  
the success of the project.

kc


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