[open-bibliography] introduction

[Karen Coyle]

Quoting Jonathan Gray <jonathan.gray at okfn.org>:

> Just to follow up from this -- I understand that the libraries
> involved in Europeana are in final stages of negotiating licensing
> terms. Any evidence or arguments about why Europeana should make the
> bibliographic metadata *open* (as in opendefinition.org) would be very
> much appreciated! In particular I understand that many libraries
> currently want to release with NC restrictions.

One argument is that, AFAIK, no one has come up with a way for the  
license terms to travel with the metadata through the many transitions  
that metadata naturally goes through. This is particularly true if we  
move away from record-based metadata into statement-based metadata.

kc

>
> Jonathan
>
> On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 12:22 PM, Patrick Peiffer
> <peiffer.patrick at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Dear all,
>> allow me to introduce myself (thanks to jonathan gray for inviting me)
>> i work at the national library of luxembourg (www.bnl.lu) where I
>> manage the national consortium for scientific information
>> (www.portail.bnl.lu, www.consortium.lu). In the Europeana Connect project
>> i'm work package leader "licensing", drafting the agreements for partners
>> (libraries, museums, archives, a/v archives) and end users. Non-profit wise
>> I am project lead for CC Luxembourg.
>> My main interest here: moving forward the liberal licensing of metadata by
>> providing tangible examples of its benefits.
>> Best,
>> Patrick Peiffer
>>
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