RE: "Z39.50 Next Generation"

> Johan Zeeman wrote:
>
> > I am pretty unhappy at having this sprung upon us as a fait accompli by
a
> > really quite secretive group of implementors.  There has been no
declaration
> > that this group was active.  There has been no invitation to participate
or
> > be kept informed.  There has been no discussion of requirements. There
has
> > been no attempt to arrive at any kind of consensus on technical
approaches
> > to a problem that many, if not all of us, wish to see addressed.
 
I strongly agree.
Why this secrecy?
Ralph LeVan says that Z39.50 is too complicated for the OCLC programmers.
Well, then OCLC should hire better programmers!


Pieter
(on holiday until July 29)

Received on Saturday, 14 July 2001 07:31:29 UTC