[open-bibliography] New sample of BL data available

Wed Sep 8 09:56:16 UTC 2010

"Deliot, Corine" wrote:
> A couple of weeks ago, the BL announced that it would make some of its
> datasets available free of charge. The first sample file provided a
> basic RDF/DC representation of our BNB data. We've now produced a more
> granular representation. A sample is available at:
> http://www.bl.uk/bibliographic/datasamples.html
> 
> This is work in progress and feedback on the data structure is very
> welcome (on this list or direct to me, whatever is best). 

Are the free of charge datasets usable by the co-op?

I thought I read they were for non-commercial users only and these
samples only seem to say they're "for research purposes" so I'm not
sure if they are safe for co-operative workers to touch.

Why didn't BL just use CC0 like some others recently?  It would avoid
this mess.

Confused,
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