Hi David (& all), Yes, there has been discussion about forming a Library Linked Data _Incubator Group_. See the Sem-lib archives [1] and a draft charter [2]. I'm not aware of an official timeline for this becoming an official W3C incubator group. Anyone know? -Jodi
[1] http://mailman.few.vu.nl/pipermail/sem-lib/ [2] https://docs.google.com/leaf?id=0ByIYvKRGoL91MDQ4YTIwOWUtMmIwYy00MzM2LTgyNDMtNTE5MzZmMjQ2ZDY2&sort=name&layout=list&num=50 On Apr 7, 2010, at 9:15 PM, David Shotton wrote: > Can anyone please confirm this rumour and provide details? > "The rumor mill tells us that the World Wide Web consortium is forming a > working group on library bibliographic data and the semantic web, with at > least one of its goals to help libraries participate in the Linked Open Data > movement and become better integrated with other data on the web." > Many thanks, > > David > > -- > > Dr David Shotton > david.shot...@zoo.ox.ac.uk > Reader in Image Bioinformatics > > Image Bioinformatics Research Group > http://ibrg.zoo.ox.ac.uk > Department of Zoology, University of Oxford tel: > +44-(0)1865-271193 > South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PS, UK fax: > +44-(0)1865-310447 >
