Over the last couple of weeks 3 very interesting reports have drifted through my news feeds on libraries and linked data: The library of congress has announced plans for pursuing a replacement for MARC and these plans “will be focused on the Web environment, Linked Data principles and mechanisms, and the Resource Description Framework (RDF) as … Read more
The information environment programme 2009-11 (mercifully shortened to inf11) is drawing to a close and we are starting to reflect on what it has achieved. We chose to manage this programme as one very broad programme rather than a number of smaller programmes and it has included work on: Preservation Activity data Automatic metadata generation … Read more
Henry S. Thompson September 2010 W3C Technical Architecture Group 1. What is the TAG? The W3C (the World Wide Web Consortium, founded by Tim Berners-Lee, is responsible for most of the foundational standards which ensure the inter-operability of the technologies which make up the Web, such as HTML, XML, CSS, SVG and MathML. It also … Read more
The JISC Information Environment and eResearch team have been working on a grant funding call which should be released on or around 4th October. There will be a briefing day in London on 11th October; more information to follow about that. Those who keep a close eye on the JISC website and in particular the … Read more
London, King’s Cross, The Hub. Friday last I (David F. Flanders) received an email from Her Majesty’s Office of the Public Sector inviting me to attend an event at 7.30am on a Monday morning (ugh – a lovely morning though) called “Building Britain’s Digital Future” event. I thought it would have something to do with … Read more