[open-bibliography] About this working group

Wed Mar 28 21:47:25 UTC 2012

Hi adrian,

it's good, and yes it is helpful. Can we change the URL to /about rather
than /about-2 though? presumably there was an old /about page which is now
in trash and needs deleted in order to allow this.

mark

On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 10:18 PM, Adrian Pohl <adrian.pohl at okfn.org> wrote:

> 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/>
>
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