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I joined OCLC on the team that implemented it, just as the project was winding down. I brought it up more as a cautionary tale rather than a serious suggestion; the problem isn't that no one has looked into the file format problem -- the problem is that too many have approached it, without coming to a compelling combination of "rough consensus and running code." [1] -- Steve [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_D._Clark > -----Original Message----- > From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of > Gary McGath > Sent: Friday, November 02, 2012 4:50 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Just Solve the File Format Problem month: can > you help? > > On 11/2/12 3:57 PM, Huwig,Steve wrote: > > You also missed this one... > > > > http://gdfr.info > > Did you actually find anything useful there? That project died without > really accomplishing anything. > > I was one of the people working on it and have to share some of the > blame. There were communication problems between Harvard and OCLC, as > well as an over-ambitious design, and we just never got anything > working. > > > -- > Gary McGath, Professional Software Developer > http://www.garymcgath.com