Re: reader2

Paul Miller wrote:
> I did look at this one a while ago, and was unimpressed in a comparison with
> LibraryThing.

Actually: overall me too. But, if you are in contact with the
librarything authors, it is worth referring to some features that they
do have, eg, date sorting, RSS feeds on almost all levels,...

I.

> 
> I'll look at it again.
> 
> Paul
> 
> 
> 
> On 12/12/06 14:28, Ivan Herman wrote:
> 
> 
>>Paul,
>>
>>In wonder if you know this alternative:
>>
>>http://reader2.com
>>
>>I tried to go in, registered, and added some books. I can look at
>>
>>http://reader2.com/tag/semantic_web
>>
>>and gives me some info, including rating. It does have an RSS feed:
>>
>>http://reader2.com/rss/tag/semantic_web
>>
>>that could be used for mashups if needed. And the output can also be
>>sorted by date.
>>
>>Caveats:
>>
>>- the server seems to be pretty slow
>>- I am not sure who is behind this site, ie, how stable the system will be
>>- the page is pretty much full of ads:-( but it is fully free, no limits
>>on the books that one can use...
>>- a *major* caveat: it does not seem to integrate the tags from
>>different people (that may make the whole thing unusable for us):
>>because I added Tim's book to the list and somebody else has done it,
>>too, in the book is listed twice, instead of once with the rates somehow
>>averaged:
>>
>>http://reader2.com/tag/semantic_web
>>
>>Ivan
>>
>>
>>Ivan Herman wrote:
>>
>>>Hi Paul,
>>>
>>>I began to play with this. I created a user 'ivan_herman' and added four
>>>books to test with. But, somehow, it still smells quite 'beta' to me,
>>>althought it might be a good service indeed.
>>>
>>>For example, I tried to use your [2] click below. All I got is what
>>>seems to be a SQL dump rather than a list of real books. Also, I do not
>>>see my user id appearing among the ones who use this tag (although that
>>>is what I tried to use). I also tried
>>>
>>>http://www.librarything.com/tag/semantic%20web
>>>
>>>which seems to be the same...
>>>
>>>[3] crashes:-(
>>>
>>>It is therefore difficult to see how useful this is (but I will try
>>>again, after all, beta is beta!).
>>>
>>>Another question: is it possible to search the books by the years? I saw
>>>the authors but, in our case, a bunch of books are edited by people,
>>>which is hardly relevant; if I want to find, say, ISWC2003, I would
>>>prefer to go for the year...
>>>
>>>Also: it would be good if the data could somehow be mashed up with other
>>>data, like the RDF data provided by Chris Bizer (see the wiki page on
>>>books). Is there an RSS feed for a page like [1]? That could be a start
>>>
>>>I am happy to continue playing with this for a while, though
>>>
>>>Ivan
>>>
>>>Paul Miller wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>There was an action on me from last week to take a look at the suitability
>>>>of LibraryThing [1] as one channel by which to push out information about
>>>>Semantic Web books, etc.
>>>>
>>>>Taking a quick look, [2] 16 people currently tag 18 books [3] as being in
>>>>some way related to the topic.
>>>>
>>>>In each case, you can view descriptions of the book, find various ways to
>>>>get hold of it by buying or borrowing it, or look at related and recommended
>>>>works.
>>>>
>>>>Given the number of people claiming to own any one of these titles, the
>>>>really valuable network effects are not kicking in fully. However, if 'the
>>>>community' were encouraged to embrace this as a way of increasing awareness
>>>>and understanding then it could certainly serve as one useful tool amongst
>>>>many in our toolkit.
>>>>
>>>>Give it a try for yourself, maybe recording a couple of titles that *you*
>>>>own; registration is free, and you can catalogue up to 200 books for free as
>>>>well.
>>>>
>>>>See something like [4] or [5] for examples of the possibilities once the
>>>>crowd gets wise...
>>>>
>>>>See also [6] for one way in which a colleague of mine has been able to
>>>>further enhance the display...
>>>>
>>>>[1] - http://www.librarything.com/
>>>>[2] - http://www.librarything.com/tag/semantic+web
>>>>[3] - http://www.librarything.com/tag_allbooks.php?tag=semantic%20web
>>>>[4] - http://www.librarything.com/work/16738
>>>>[5] - http://www.librarything.com/work/11754
>>>>[6] - http://www.talis.com/tdn/greasemonkey/librarythingthing
>>>>
>>>
>>>
> 

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