Issues and recommendations

The "issues and recommendations" group continues to meet and to edit  
the wiki page. [1]

Our recent discussions have surfaced some ideas that we think are  
important and that need wider input. To begin with, we have added  
something that hasn't been on the agenda before, which is the benefit  
to LD space in general from the participation of libraries.  
Presumably, W3C was aware of this benefit when it commissioned the LLD  
WG -- that the entire LD space has to gain from library participation.  
Thus:

* LLD has value for the whole LD space

In fact, there could be particular roles for libraries in this space,  
building on their traditional role as preserver of culture:

* Libraries have a role to play as stable entities that can guarantee  
the long-term preservation and access to Semantic Web vocabularies
(There will be a longer write-up of this concept coming soon)

We also want the report to acknowledge the value of collaborative  
development and the advantages this has in helping libraries to  
transition from pre-SW to SW data models:

* LLD needs to develop within the context of the LD space, not in a  
library RDF silo; connections need to be made between library data and  
LD cloud data
* LLD needs to use a collaborative process that is public and not  
limited to library personnel
* Library data model needs experimentation and iteration. Do not  
assume that models are RDF-friendly until that is tested, and be  
willing to make adjustment if needed.[2]

We also want to make clear that our use of the word "library" does not  
limit the report to formal institutions with "library" in their name,  
but anyone providing library-like services. Thus, a definition is  
needed, and we propose for discussion:

"Library in this report refers to a collection of information  
resources curated for a designated community and providing services  
around those resources. In this definition, libraries may be public or  
private, large or small, and are not limited to any particular types  
of resources."

We think these are new concepts for the group, and want to get  
feedback on them.

Thanks,
kc

[1] http://www.w3.org/2005/Incubator/lld/wiki/Draft_issues_page
[2] See also:  
http://www.w3.org/2005/Incubator/lld/wiki/Library_standards_and_linked_data#Library_domain_as_Semantic_Web

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Received on Monday, 11 April 2011 16:27:34 UTC