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On Mon, 14 Jun 2004 14:59:49 -0700, "Karen Coyle" <[log in to unmask]> said: > On Mon, 2004-06-14 at 12:35, Bruce D'Arcus wrote: > > The more I think of the possiblities, the more I see parallels with the > > RDF/semantic web stuff. > > The MARC Authority record is very "semantic" (in the sense of Semantic > Web). So the trick is getting that data into a form that is intelligable to the world beyond MARC. XML is a start, but I'm pretty sure RDF is important too. Even Microsoft is basing its next-generation file system data model on RDF concepts (though in its typical "let's reinvent the wheel and patent it" way, it seems). See: http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2004/06/09/deviant.html Bruce