This is fantastic news! Thank you Sally, and thank you LCNetDev! Cheers, Amber Billey PCC BIBFRAME Task Group Co-Chair On Fri, Apr 20, 2018 at 4:27 AM, Osma Suominen <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Dear Sally and the LC BIBFRAME team, > > Thank you so much for doing this! I think opening up the BIBFRAME ontology > for public consultation via GitHub removes one major obstacle for its > worldwide adaptation. Having a public forum for structured discussion > around issues in the ontology should make it possible to collaborate on > resolving problems experienced with using BIBFRAME and enhancing it to need > emerging needs. I think that GitHub is much better than this listserv for > this kind of constructive discussion that aims at finding solutions for > model-related issues. > > I've personally reported a number of issues with the BIBFRAME model to the > GitHub project of the marc2bibframe2 conversion tool, and some of them have > seemingly hit a wall because the conversion tool implements the conversion > spec and follows the model and the real problem is in the model. For > example, I suggested [1] that subproperties of bf:language could be used to > model e.g. original language, summary language and main language of a > resource instead of relying on literal values to differentiate between > these. Should I resubmit this issue (and possibly other similar ones) to > the new project or are they already being considered? > > -Osma > > [1] https://github.com/lcnetdev/marc2bibframe2/issues/37 > > McCallum, Sally kirjoitti 19.04.2018 klo 23:20: > >> The Library of Congress is beginning a process for maintaining the >> BIBFRAME ontology that will enable implementers to suggest corrections and >> changes. Various types of ontology adjustments can be suggested via the >> Issues tab in the github repository for the ontology >> https://github.com/lcnetdev/bibframe-ontology . Adjustments may be >> typos, definition adjustments, or issues that may affect the semantics of >> the ontology. Semantic adjustment suggestions should originate with >> implementers and describe their BIBFRAME experience with the issue. The >> Library of Congress will review the changes. Those with semantic impact >> will be vetted in collaboration with other implementers who have large >> systems that use the BIBFRAME ontology. >> >> *********************************** >> >> Sally H. McCallum >> >> Chief, Network Development and Standards Office >> >> Library of Congress, 101 Independence Ave., SE >> >> Washington, DC 20540 USA >> >> [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> >> >> Tel: 1-202-707-5119 – Fax 1-202-707-0115 >> >> *********************************** >> >> > -- > Osma Suominen > D.Sc. (Tech), Information Systems Specialist > National Library of Finland > P.O. Box 26 (Kaikukatu 4) > 00014 HELSINGIN YLIOPISTO > Tel. +358 50 3199529 > [log in to unmask] > http://www.nationallibrary.fi > -- Amber Billey (she/her/hers) Systems & Metadata Librarian Bard College Libraries 1 Library Road Annandale-on-Hudson, NY 12504 845-758-7619