Re: Dynamic vs. Fixed World Views was Re: MARCXML to Topic Maps? MODS to Topic Maps?

Hi there,

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> library meta data for the benefit of librarians. The world don't
> really care all that much about this, and certainly don't understand
> the issues involved, probably won't cry if the library world
> disappears alltogether (to them, it's the knowledge which is
> important, not the box it comes in or the place they gain it). The
> library needs to take some responsibility for their own meta data,
> make it ready for the world, otherwise the world will simply go on
> making its own and ignoring what the library has spent 200 years
> building up. I would think this was terribly clear cut.

Are you describing the Topic Maps world or the library world? ;)

Sorry, couldn't resist :)

Best regards,
Lars


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