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LibLime is working on something similar with their biblios.net tool. beta.biblios.net. They say they'll have the SSL cert issues fixed by tommorow. :) Jonathan Will Sexton wrote: > [cross-posted to web4lib and code4lib lists] > > We’re embarking on a project to adopt or build a metadata tool at Duke > University Libraries. Before we’re immersed in architectures, designs, > workflows, schedules, layers, platforms, capacities, etc., I’d like to > indulge in some guilt-free big thinking. I thought I’d just kind of > put the question out there: What are some of the big ideas that could > inform the development of a metadata tool? > > I invite conversation here and on our Digital Collections Blog > (http://library.duke.edu/blogs/digital-collections/), where I've > posted an extended version of this message. Other conversations will > occur in various venues over the next month or so. I’ll try to pull > together and post on anything I see, hear, read or say. In the > meantime, I’ll share one big idea that I’ve been considering; I’m not > saying it’s THE big idea or even implying that we’ll follow through on > it at Duke. It’s just one way to bend our thinking about this project. > > The idea follows from a blog post that Lorcan Dempsey wrote in May, > mentioning an example of a “shared cataloging environment” > (http://orweblog.oclc.org/archives/001641.html). When I read it, I > wondered, what if you take that idea to its logical (illogical?) > extreme: a metadata tool as a software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform. > > I've elaborated on the idea in the blog post > (http://library.duke.edu/blogs/digital-collections/2008/11/24/grand-metadata-tool-ideas/). > I welcome any feedback on this idea, including, “You could never make > it work!” (why?). I’m interested in any other “big thoughts” that > people may have related to possibilities for a metadata tool platform. > > Will > -- > Will Sexton > Metadata Analyst / Programmer > Duke University Libraries > -- Jonathan Rochkind Digital Services Software Engineer The Sheridan Libraries Johns Hopkins University 410.516.8886 rochkind (at) jhu.edu