Archive for July, 2005
The Jellybean Jar
Remember that contest where there is a jellybean jar full of jellybeans and the goal is to guess how many jellybeans there are in the jar? I think the MARC –> RDF question is a bit like that. RDF has been discussed lately on the MODS list (and a bit here). Ironically, there has been [...]
The Marriage of Firefox and Unalog
Dan just recently added the ability to batch edit keyword tags in Unalog, his infinitely useful social bookmarking application (can you tell I’m a fan?). So like a good metadata, cataloging, programming librarian I decided now was the time to start cleaning up some of those wildly divergent keyword tags I’ve been assigning. After all, [...]
Apple Dropping Java (Again)
Seems Apple will be dropping Java as a supported programming language for its GUI features. From this point on, developers are encouraged to write their programs in Objective-C. I’m surprised, but not too surprised… Apple does have a long history of NIH decisions.
It is interesting because Apple has been implementing native peers for the Swing [...]
XOBIS and Museum Data
Yesterday I (and several other library folks) had an interesting meeting with the art museum people on campus. They were kind enough to give us a tour of the art museum’s new content management system. I was particularly interested in seeing this system because I haven’t had much exposure to the museum world (but have [...]
RDF: Show Me the Money
Bruce D’Arcus and I have been sending some emails back and forth about my last post on metadata interoperability. In a comment on the original post, he suggests RDF instead of XSLT crosswalks. In my reply, I referenced Bill Moen’s tongue-in-cheek comment about RDF (for the record, I don’t really believe it is too complicated [...]