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Eric, >>I’m more interested in how to read, write, and maintain bibliographic data in the form of triples. That is where the fun begins....figuring out the *how*. It literally keeps me up nights (in a good way) :-D -joy On Thu, Feb 25, 2016 at 9:39 AM, Eric Lease Morgan < [log in to unmask]> wrote: > On Feb 22, 2016, at 8:33 AM, James Weinheimer <[log in to unmask]> > wrote: > > > I completely agree that the library community doesn't fully grasp the > nature of the transition. We are only at the beginning of a "long, strange > trip"--and the resources of some libraries (and librarians themselves!) are > almost exhausted already… All of this in the pursuit of a highly abstract > goal: an interlinked bibliographic graph… > > At the risk of splitting hairs, and to my mind, the goal is not to create > an interlinked bibliographic graph, but instead to increasingly enable and > empower students, scholars, and life-long learners in the acquisition and > development of knowledge. Things like RDF are simply one of the more recent > means to facilitating this goal. Graphs are not the end but the means. > Moreover, considering today’s networked environment, a library’s catalog > needs to go beyond the idea of a (mere) inventory list if the library wants > to participate in this global environment. Yes, MARC is a part of the > problem, but so is the assumed purpose of the library catalog. If all you > want is an inventory list, then that can be done using a flat file with > columns for authors, titles, dates, publishers, and location information. > But the second any type of subject analysis is performed, the library > starts down the path of knowledge development and acquisition. > > I’m past whether or not to use RDF as a means to make explicit to the > network library holdings and collections. I’m also past whether or not to > use BIBFRAME as the ontology. I’m more interested in how to read, write, > and maintain bibliographic data in the form of triples. > > — > Eric Lease Morgan > Artist- And Librarian-At-Large > > -- Joy Nelson Director of Migrations ByWater Solutions <http://bywatersolutions.com> Support and Consulting for Open Source Software Office: Fort Worth, TX Phone/Fax (888)900-8944 What is Koha? <http://bywatersolutions.com/what-is-koha/>