- From: Ed Summers <ehs@pobox.com>
- Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2011 13:25:10 -0400
- To: public-lld <public-lld@w3.org>
On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 12:27 PM, Karen Coyle <kcoyle@kcoyle.net> wrote: > In fact, there could be particular roles for libraries in this space, > building on their traditional role as preserver of culture: Preserving culture and data are pretty different things, that require quite different expertise. To some extent I think it remains to be seen whether libraries are up to the challenge. The support from libraries for the International Internet Preservation Consortium [1] is a good example of the sort of work that could be done in the Linked Data space by libraries. I'd characterize this as an opportunity more than a real actualized benefit though. > "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." I like this focus on the collection of materials instead of the somewhat anachronistic professions. So in your mind would Wikipedia count as a "library"? How about Europeana, or arXiv.org? //Ed [1] http://www.netpreserve.org/about/index.php
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