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Quoting MJ Suhonos <[log in to unmask]>: > Let me give another example: the Open Library API returns a JSON > tree, eg. http://openlibrary.org/books/OL1M.json > > But what schema is this? And if it doesn't conform to a standard > schema, does that make it useless? If it were based on DCTERMS, at > least I'd have a reference at > http://dublincore.org/documents/dcmi-terms/ to define the semantics > being used (and an RDF namespace at http://purl.org/dc/terms/ to > boot). Ah, after my own heart! I have tried to convince the OL folks to translate their data to dcterms, even did a crosswalk for them. Right now they're in panic mode over a major milestone, but once that's over I may ping you to make this request directly to them on one of their lists. If they only hear it from me, it might just be a personal quirk of mine, right? kc p.s. The JSON API output doesn't require any programming when it uses their data elements; it does do crosswalk to dcterms.... that's been the hangup. Then again... their code is open source, the crosswalk I did is linked from the launchpad entry here [1] so if anyone wants to contribute... [1] https://bugs.launchpad.net/openlibrary/+bug/277509 -- Karen Coyle [log in to unmask] http://kcoyle.net ph: 1-510-540-7596 m: 1-510-435-8234 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 1-510-435-8234 end_of_the_skype_highlighting skype: kcoylenet