John Chapman: January 2009 Archives
Jennifer Bowen and her team at the University of Rochester have published a white paper describing their metadata work for the eXtensible Catalog (XC) project. It is an exciting project that will reward your attention.
Some of the future directions of the project are very intriguing, and I am particularly interested to see how the XC Authority Control and Aggregation services develop.
What is encouraging about the project is that it shows a middle way between demonization and deification of the MARC format. The project seeks to use the richness of the MARC records and put it in a context which will ease reuse and repurposing. It comes across as a measured and thoughtful reaction to the possibilities and challenges of RDA, linked data, and the new world of bibliographic metadata.
Some of the future directions of the project are very intriguing, and I am particularly interested to see how the XC Authority Control and Aggregation services develop.
What is encouraging about the project is that it shows a middle way between demonization and deification of the MARC format. The project seeks to use the richness of the MARC records and put it in a context which will ease reuse and repurposing. It comes across as a measured and thoughtful reaction to the possibilities and challenges of RDA, linked data, and the new world of bibliographic metadata.
