So, can we expect a leaked final "draft" of RDA, do you think :-)

On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 5:47 PM, David Fiander <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> This is a common problem with ISO standards, and the common solution
> is to do just this: release the final "draft" before it's approved by
> ISO as an official standard. That's what the ISO Forth programming
> language group did as well.
>
> - David
>
> On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 5:35 PM, [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
> > point well taken. :)
> >
> > there were no significant changes to the WARC format
> > between the last draft and the published standard.
> >
> > you can use Heritrix WARCReader, or WARC Tools warcvalidator
> > to verify that you have created a valid WARC in accordance
> > with the spec.
> >
> >
> > [log in to unmask]
> >
> >
> > On 6/2/09 2:27 PM, Ray Denenberg, Library of Congress wrote:
> >>
> >> But you have to pay $200 for the document that lists changes from last
> >> draft to first official version.
> >>
> >> (Ok, Ok, it was just a joke. But you do get the point.)
> >>
> >>
> >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "[log in to unmask]" <
> [log in to unmask]>
> >> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> >> Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 5:18 PM
> >> Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] WARC file format now ISO standard
> >>
> >>
> >>> hi Karen,
> >>>
> >>> understood.
> >>>
> >>> the final draft of the spec is available here:
> >>>
> >>>
> http://www.scribd.com/doc/4303719/WARC-ISO-28500-final-draft-v018-Zentveld-080618
> >>>
> >>> and other (similar) versions here:
> >>> http://archive-access.sourceforge.net/warc/
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> [log in to unmask]
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On 6/2/09 2:15 PM, Karen Coyle wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> Unfortunately, being an ISO standard, to obtain it costs 118 CHF
> (about
> >>>> $110 USD). Hard to follow a standard you can't afford to read. Is
> there an
> >>>> online version somewhere?
> >>>>
> >>>> kc
> >>>>
> >>>> [log in to unmask] wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>> hi code4lib,
> >>>>>
> >>>>> if you're archiving web content, please use the WARC format.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> thanks,
> >>>>> [log in to unmask]
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> WARC File Format Published as an International Standard
> >>>>> http://netpreserve.org/press/pr20090601.php
> >>>>>
> >>>>> ISO 28500:2009 specifies the WARC file format:
> >>>>>
> >>>>> * to store both the payload content and control information from
> >>>>>  mainstream Internet application layer protocols, such as the
> >>>>>  Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP), Domain Name System (DNS),
> >>>>>  and File Transfer Protocol (FTP);
> >>>>> * to store arbitrary metadata linked to other stored data
> >>>>>  (e.g. subject classifier, discovered language, encoding);
> >>>>> * to support data compression and maintain data record integrity;
> >>>>> * to store all control information from the harvesting protocol
> >>>>>  (e.g. request headers), not just response information;
> >>>>> * to store the results of data transformations linked to other
> >>>>>  stored data;
> >>>>> * to store a duplicate detection event linked to other stored
> >>>>>  data (to reduce storage in the presence of identical or
> >>>>>  substantially similar resources);
> >>>>> * to be extended without disruption to existing functionality;
> >>>>> * to support handling of overly long records by truncation or
> >>>>>  segmentation, where desired.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> more info here:
> >>>>> http://www.digitalpreservation.gov/formats/fdd/fdd000236.shtml
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>
> >
>



-- 
Bill Dueber
Library Systems Programmer
University of Michigan Library