[open-bibliography] About this working group

[Adrian Pohl]

Hello,

I updated the about page[1] at openbiblio.net to have an online
description of what this working group is doing. The text now reads as
follows (see the web page for rich formatting and hyperlinks):

<quote>

This site is maintained by the Open Knowledge Foundation’s Working
Group on Open Bibliographic Data. It provides general information and
news about ongoing activities on matters related to open bibliographic
data (short: “openbiblio”) and open bibliographic projects.

The OKFN Working Group on Open Bibliographic Data has formulated the
Principles on Open Bibliographic Data as a basic agreement for the
group’s work. Feel free to endorsethese principles if you want to show
your approval and support of the group’s basic assumptions.

The working group covers different kinds of tasks and areas of
activity, including:

- Documentation. Keep track of bibliographic datasets that become
available on the web, and their licenses. For this purpose the
“Bibliographic Data” group at the Data Hub is maintained by members of
the working group.

- Information. Provide information about relevant projects and
developments on this blog and asking openbiblio providers and other
people working on openbiblio-relevant projects to share their
experiences and knowledge.

- Support. Assist people willing to publish data, e.g. in choosing the
right license, keeping an eye on possible legal problems or coping
with format issues. Assist dataset owners with finding suitable places
to deposit and store bibliographic data.

- Initiate. Follow up with producers of bibliographic datasets,
introduce them to the Principles on Open Bibliographic Data and
request their endorsement, and any license adjustments that may
entail.

- Development. Develop standards, interfaces and applications for
producing, sharing etc. open bibliographic data. There even is a
seperate openbiblio-dev mailing list for developers.

- Community Building. Build a community of people endorsing the
openbiblio principles and sharing information on the mailing list, at
openbiblio.net etc.

The Working Group discusses topics in an open forum via the Working
Group e-mail list and the archive is available to all.

We are happy for any support in the described areas or for people
willing to translate the Principles on Open Bibliographic Data or
sharing their experience on this blog. If you want to join the
conversation and participate in openbiblio activities introduce
yourself on themailing list or contact the working group’s coordinator
Adrian Pohl (adrian.pohl[at]okfn[dot]org).

</quote>

I hope this now makes clear what kind of activities the group is
involved in so that e.g. to people who might be willing to participate
in the working group's activities get a clue where they can add their
support.

What do you think about? Is this page helpful? Does this make you
wanting to contribute? ;-) Any corrections or additions?

All the best
Adrian

[1] <http://openbiblio.net/about-2/>