Re: What _should_ we be doing with bibliographic data (Was: Slightly OT: MARC)

On 21/07/10 09:03, stuart yeates wrote:
> We (http://www.nzetc.org/) are a digital publisher using topic maps
> extensively (for people, works, images, logical sections of works,
> places, etc, etc).
>
> We distribute our works packaged as ePub format eBooks. The format
> allows us to include extra data files into them. Currently the only
> 'extra' metadata we ship with is as many identifiers as possible (see
> previous in thread on the non-uniqueness of unique identifiers).
>
> Given that we can't put our entire topic map into every ePub (due to
> size constraints), what should we include, in what formats and how are
> others (specifically other topic maps people) likely to use it?
>
> We've thought of putting a blob of MARCXML and/or XTM into the ePub, but
> we're not sure there'd be any consumers for it.

Hi Stuart,

Just put *one* URL into the metadata, one that points to an online
record. If you treat that URL as persistent, that record won't grow
stale (as would any URLs included in the published eBook), and you
can update it as necessary. You can also improve and update the
service behind that URL at any time. It's also easier for the user
in that their only option is to resolve one URL, which can point
to a page with further actions and suitable documentation.

Murray

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