Re: Copy-editing Benefits

On Fri, Sep 02, 2011 at 05:45:28PM +0200, Antoine Isaac wrote:
> >"Benefits to developers and vendors" says:
> >
> >     Developers will also no longer have to work with library-specific data
> >     formats, such as MARC, which require custom software tools and
> >     applications. Linked Data methods involve pushing data onto the Web in a
> >     form that is generically understandable.
...
> >     Library vendors that support Linked Data will be able to market their
> >     products outside of the library world, while vendors outside the library
> >     world may be able to adapt their more generic products to the specific
> >     requirements of libraries.
...
> 
> It seems ok. I mean the old, wording was saying something different, but that
> different thing belonged more to the "benefits to vendors"--where it happens
> to be, already :-)

Exactly, as above... :-)

Tom

Received on Friday, 2 September 2011 16:35:28 UTC