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

Wed Jan 16 16:39:45 UTC 2013

One thing that we ran into when chatting with DC is that DC is now 
incorporated in Singapore -- and thus is not eligible for US grants. W3C 
is seen as an "international" effort, and granting agencies seem to be 
wary of dipping into something that wide-ranging. They prefer US-based 
organizations with lots of structure behind them. NISO gets grants in 
part because its members are solid corporations and institutions.

kc

On 1/16/13 7:49 AM, Antoine Isaac wrote:
> 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
>
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