Re: Ideas for Recommendations for Report

If you're willing to make any personal, hypothetical comments representing only yourself as an individual, that would be useful, too, Barbara!

If not, that's ok, too!
-Jodi

On 28 Mar 2011, at 16:48, Tillett, Barbara wrote:

> I may not make a statement for the Library of Congress. - Barbara
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Karen Coyle [mailto:kcoyle@kcoyle.net] 
> Sent: Saturday, March 26, 2011 12:11 PM
> To: Tillett, Barbara
> Cc: public-lld
> Subject: RE: Ideas for Recommendations for Report
> 
> Quoting "Tillett, Barbara" <btil@loc.gov>:
> 
>> 
>> I'd also love to see suggestions for a MARC replacement and that 
>> process. - bt
> 
> Barbara, can you provide a short statement about this that we could build on? I think the issues are:
> 
> - what is the logical community to take this on? (assuming not an institution but a broader coalition including semantic web folks and
> vendors)
> - can we identify a process?
> - what will libraries need to make this a reality? (not that it all can be done right away, but for the purposes of planning)
> 
> ?? There are probably other aspects that we need to cover, so anything else you -- or anyone on the list -- can think of.
> 
> kc
> 
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: public-lld-request@w3.org [mailto:public-lld-request@w3.org]
>> On Behalf Of Karen Coyle
>> Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2011 7:50 PM
>> To: public-lld
>> Subject: Ideas for Recommendations for Report
>> 
>> The working group has fleshed out text on the issues that have been 
>> identified around LLD, and now wants to gather ideas for 
>> recommendations that the report can make. Recommendations can be at 
>> various levels from general to specific, and it would be good to have 
>> a number of proposals that could result in gains in the short term.
>> 
>> We assume that the recommendations will evolve out of the issues. At 
>> the high level, the issues we have identified are:
>> 
>>     * 1.1 Linked Data is an emerging technology
>>     * 1.2 Library data is expressed in library-specific formats that 
>> cannot be easily shared outside the library community
>>     * 1.3 The library standards process is highly top-down and non-agile
>>     * 1.4 Current library data practices are expensive (and the true 
>> costs are unmeasured)
>>     * 1.5 Library ecosystem is designed for stability and resists change
>>     * 1.6 Library data may have rights issues that prevent open 
>> publication
>> 
>> Each section has a fair amount of detail.
>> 
>> As a first pass, the general categories for recommendations are:
>> 
>>     * 2.1 Identify costs of current practices, and costs and ROI to 
>> moving to LLD
>>     * 2.2 Identify issues for migration to LLD, both technical, 
>> managerial, and intellectual
>>     * 2.3 Identify areas where existing library community standards 
>> and Semantic Web standards require extension or development to support 
>> LLD
>>     * 2.4 Identify tools that are needed to support the creation and 
>> use of LLD
>>     * 2.5 Analysis for the transformation of current library data to LLD
>>           o 2.5.1 Deduplication
>>     * 2.6 Cultivate a research and development environment
>>     * 2.7 Create educational opportunities
>>     * 2.8 Include metadata design in library and information science 
>> education
>>     * 2.9 Foster a discussion about open data and rights
>> 
>> We expect there to be iteration between the issues and the 
>> recommendations as we work on this, so if you have a recommendation 
>> with no issue, or vice-versa, please send it in.
>> 
>> We are asking committee members and anyone else who wishes to begin to 
>> fill out points in the recommendations area. (We'll turn it into text 
>> as part of the editing process, so short bullets are ok if they make
>> sense.) If you do not have edit access to the wiki, you can air your 
>> recommendations on this list and we'll gather them. Of course, 
>> discussion is encouraged. This is the real meat of our report and all 
>> ideas are welcome.
>> 
>> http://www.w3.org/2005/Incubator/lld/wiki/Draft_issues_page
>> 
>> --
>> Karen Coyle
>> kcoyle@kcoyle.net http://kcoyle.net
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>> 
>> 
>> 
> 
> 
> 
> --
> Karen Coyle
> kcoyle@kcoyle.net http://kcoyle.net
> ph: 1-510-540-7596
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> skype: kcoylenet
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