Re: Planned changes to the VIAF RDF

Mark,

> Actually, these issues are also *incredibly* important when dealing
> with archival description, which focuses heavily on the context in
> which resources were created and used.
> 
> An excellent article that describes some aspects of this issue is
> Chris Hurley's "Ambient Functions: Abandoned Children to Zoos"
> (Archivaria 40, 1995) [0][1]. I quote:

thanks for emphasizing this; I think it's a very important aspect.

> I suggest also reviewing some of Daniel Pitti's articles on Encoded
> Archival Context, which is inching toward  "linked data-friendliness"
> (paraphrasing Daniel's words).

Can you help us by providing some pointers?

Thanks and all the best,

Lars

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