Re: social and emergent uses -- DRAFT -- call for use cases

Many thanks for the detailed feedback, Tom! We've made the changes you suggest (see below). Other feedback, anyone?

On 13 Jan 2011, at 12:42, Thomas Baker wrote:

> On Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 11:41:08AM -0500, Jodi Schneider wrote:
>> Is anything confusing?
>> In particular, do ???social??? and ???emergent??? make sense? What do they evoke, for you?
> 
> Yes, I find "emergent uses" confusing.  Do you mean "(emergent) social uses"
> (i.e., social uses, including emergent social uses)?

No -- "emergent" is mainly an attempt to capture other (e.g. algorithmic or novel) uses. Of course we expect that some of the social uses will be emergent/coming into being.
> 
>> W3C Library Linked Data Incubator Group - http://www.w3.org/2005/Incubator/lld/
>> 
>> Call for Use Cases: Library Linked Data -- Social and Emergent Uses
> 
>    Call for Use Cases: Social uses and other new uses of Library Linked Data
> 
> captures what my understanding of what you'd like to elicit.

Thanks -- changed.

> 
>> Do you use library-related data -- like reading lists, library materials (articles, books, videos, cultural heritage or archival materials, etc), bookmarks, or annotations -- on the Web and mobile Web?
>> 
>> Are you currently using social features in library-related information systems or sites, or plan to do so in the near future?
> 
> There is nothing in the formulations above that is specific
> to linked data.  At this point, I would expect a transitional
> sentence explaining that you are interested specifically in
> uses that are related to, could benefit from, etc, the use
> of linked data.

Thanks -- changed to 

Are you currently using social features in library-related information systems or sites, or plan to do so in the near future? We are particularly interested in uses that are related to or could benefit from the use of linked data [1].

> 
>> The W3C Library Linked Data Incubator Group is soliciting SOCIAL and EMERGENT use cases for library-related linked data:
>> How is library and cultural heritage data used on the Web and in social media? 
> 
> The "on the Web" bit vastly broadens the scope of the request.  It's 
> unclear here what you really want to ask.  Are you asking something like:
> 
>    What new or innovative uses do you see (or envision)
>    integrating library and cultural heritage data into
>    applications on the Web?
Removed: How is library and cultural heritage data used on the Web and in social media? 

Added: What new or innovative uses do you see (or envision) integrating library and cultural heritage data into applications on the Web and in social media?

-Jodi

> 
> The rest looks good!
> 
> Tom
> 
> -- 
> Tom Baker <tbaker@tbaker.de>