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Bibliographica – open bibliographic sourcing and maintenance

Jonathan Gray of the Open Knowledge Foundation has a thought provoking post on the need for an Open Bibliographic Service which he calls Bibliographica. As he writes: lists of publications are an absolutely critical part of scholarship. They articulate the contours of a body of knowledge, and define the scope and focus of scholarly enquiry […]

January 24, 2010 – 11:37 am | By iain_emsley | Posted in Information Retrieval, Open Knowledge | Tagged , | Comments (1)

Open Service Definition

The Open Knowledge Foundation are bringing the Open Service Definition to version 1.0 which is a helpful step. I wholeheartedly agree with it. As services and APIs develop, we need to create a legal framework within which data, knowledge and dissemination services can be used to allow greater access to open knowledge now rather than […]

July 6, 2008 – 1:41 pm | By iain_emsley | Posted in Open Knowledge | Tagged | Comments (0)