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

Hi Stuart,

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> 1) ePubs can't assume that consuming devices have internet access

Topic Maps is not RDF. You don't need an Internet access to resolve
subject identifiers / subject locators.

> 2) The ALA's Freedom To Read Statement implies that accessing a third party
> service when reading a work is a bad idea (since it reduces the ability to
> read anonymously). Since our ePubs are redistributable under a CC license, a
> service we ran would be a third party service in many scenarios.
> 3) It is our intention and hope that ePubs will be durable in the long term
> (i.e. have an independent lifetime beyond the issuing institution) which
> implies a lookup service is unlikely to still be working.

I don't understand the problem...

Do you have a problem? Where exactly? :)

Best regards,
Lars
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