Yes, i think they are quite capable of doing it, & should take the primary responsibility. What I think they are not capable of is extending it to every published book in the world.
David Goodman, Ph.D, M.L.S. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:DGG On Sat, Aug 15, 2009 at 9:21 PM, John Vandenberg<jay...@gmail.com> wrote: > (top-posting unravelled) > On Sat, Aug 15, 2009 at 1:12 PM, David Goodman<dgoodma...@gmail.com> wrote: >> On Sat, Aug 15, 2009 at 9:42 AM, Pavlo Shevelo<pavlo.shev...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >>> On Sat, Aug 15, 2009 at 12:23 AM, David Goodman<dgoodma...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> The training is typically an apprenticeship under the senior >>>> cataloging librarians. >>> >>> To my regret training/apprenticeship does not fit to "everyone >>> can...", "be bold!" set of wikimedia slogans/motto. >>> As to me I would stand behind (vote for) training and apprenticeship. >> >> Exactly. That is why Wikipedia is an inappropriate place for this >> project. It lacks sufficient stability. I think Wikipedia should go on >> being what it is, an almost completely open place,and projects which >> need disciplined long term expertise should be organized separately. >> Wikipedia is a wonderful place to do many things, but not all. > > The good news is that the broader Wikimedia community is not all like > English Wikipedia, where "be bold" is often interpreted as demanding > that the worst of anarchy be present in every situation. ;-) > > Commons and Wikisource are able to build a sensible metadata layer > around their collection using plain wiki text. We also have a project > designed to add structure this metadata. > > http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikicat > > Either way, wikisource and commons will likely figure out a way to > have Dublin Core and MODS records for their collection in the next few > years. > > -- > John Vandenberg > > _______________________________________________ > foundation-l mailing list > foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
