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In Monday's call I mentioned the potential of us using a semantic wiki for the standards registry. I have no experience with them but have looked into them a little bit for use in a different project. Here's a few links about them: The wikipedia entry of course: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semantic_wiki I think the best known semantic wiki software is Semantic MediaWiki, which is an extension to the MediaWiki wiki software. http://semantic-mediawiki.org/wiki/Semantic_MediaWiki From their Intro page: "While traditional wikis contain only text which computers can neither understand nor evaluate, SMW adds semantic annotations that allow a wiki to function as a collaborative database." Some of its users are listed at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semantic_MediaWiki#Usage There are variations of this software, for example Semantic Bundle (http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Semantic_Bundle) which includes things like SemanticForms, which we could use to create form for adding or editing records. Maybe we could look into using something like this as a longer-term solution and use something that's easier and requires no set-up at first, like a Google spreadsheet. Andrea ________________________________ Andrea Goethals Digital Preservation and Repository Services Manager Harvard University Library Office for Information Systems 90 Mt. Auburn Street Cambridge, MA 02138 phone: (617) 495-3724 [log in to unmask]