Stephen Hearn wrote:
To me the hard part is ensuring consistency, first of terminology, but more fundamentally of granularity and categorization. The great virtue of MARC/AACR/LSCH cataloging is that it is as consistent as it is across many catalogs and institutions and disciplines.
There is actual research being done on the consistency issue:
http://infteam.jiscinvolve.org/2008/11/11/is-consistent-metadata-worthwhile/ Some of the consistency problems of the past can be tackled with greater computing capability. (And I advise readers to RTFA - that is, Read The Friggin' Article - before replying!) -- ----------------------------------- Karen Coyle / Digital Library Consultant [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.kcoyle.net ph.: 510-540-7596 skype: kcoylenet fx.: 510-848-3913 mo.: 510-435-8234 ------------------------------------
