[open-bibliography] List for Working Group on Open Bibliographic Data

[Antoine Isaac]

Dear all,


> The lack of support from W3C
> and Dublin Core isn't doing us any favors either, though the Library Linked
> Data Incubator was helpful.


I should understand the last bit as kind words, I hope :-)

I'd be curious to hear in which way W3C and DCMI has "opted out", as was said. Is it really about lack of moral support? These organizations, prestigious and useful be they, don't have a lot of resources. The LLD incubator existed because we could share the organization load among three chairs, and then could rely on extraordinary skills and commitment from the members... W3C was extremely supportive from the start, but they just can't commit the resources for all the needed groundwork for every community group.

A similar phenomenon applies for us in Europeana (I hear we've been named yesterday ;-) ). We're certainly interested in this kind of activity, and will try to follow that new NISO one. But our resources are also limited. And we can't commit what I've done for the LLD incubator, every year. We've got other business; and libraries are just one of the communities we aim at serving--besides, it's tough one to engage as they are many, smart and like having good discussions ;-). So, yes, at some moments at least, we'll probably be part of the "it's-a-great-idea-can-someone-else-take-the-lead-please" crowd Karen has refered to.
  
Cheers,

Antoine