There is hope on the part of OKFN that Open Library will become a signer, but I don't think that discussion has taken place yet.
kc Quoting Frank Lovelace <frank.lovel...@gmail.com>: > On 3/2/2011 12:40 PM, Karen Coyle wrote: >> ** apologies for cross-postings ** >> >> The Open Bibliographic Data Working Group of the Open Knowledge >> Foundation has published a set of principles for open bibliographic >> data. [1] These principles express a philosophy of openness for >> bibliographic data in support of research and knowledge enhancement: >> >> "For society to reap the full benefits from bibliographic endeavours, >> it is imperative that bibliographic data be made open - that is, >> available for anyone to use and re-use freely for any purpose." >> > > Does Open Library have any position on this? Last I heard they did not > want to compete with WorldCat. > _______________________________________________ > Ol-discuss mailing list > Ol-discuss@archive.org > http://mail.archive.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ol-discuss > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send email to > ol-discuss-unsubscr...@archive.org > -- Karen Coyle kco...@kcoyle.net http://kcoyle.net ph: 1-510-540-7596 m: 1-510-435-8234 skype: kcoylenet _______________________________________________ Ol-discuss mailing list Ol-discuss@archive.org http://mail.archive.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ol-discuss To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send email to ol-discuss-unsubscr...@archive.org
