Re: Terminology : libraries, library world, library community

I prefer "community" - kc

Quoting Emmanuelle Bermes <manue@figoblog.org>:

> I've bumped on several ocurences, in the report, of the expression
> "the library world"
> e.g.
>
> "the library world's identifiers for authority control" (scope [1])
> "vendors outside the library world may be able to adapt..." (benefits
> to developers and vendors [2])
> "Standardization in the library world..." (the current situation [3])
>
> I'm wondering if that expression is not a kind of jargon left over
> from informal discussions in the group ("in libraryworld"). Does
> everybody feel comfortable with it ? Should we use "library community"
> instead ? or just "libraries" as expected in [4] ?
>
> If I'm the only one to feel strange about "library world", we may just
> leave it as is...
>
> [1]  
> http://www.w3.org/2005/Incubator/lld/wiki/DraftReportWithTransclusion#Scope_of_this_report
> [2]  
> http://www.w3.org/2005/Incubator/lld/wiki/DraftReportWithTransclusion#Benefits_to_developers_and_vendors
> [3]  
> http://www.w3.org/2005/Incubator/lld/wiki/DraftReportWithTransclusion#Library_standards_are_designed_only_for_the_library_community
> [4] http://www.w3.org/2005/Incubator/lld/wiki/ConversionStyle
>
> Emma
>
>



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