Yann Forget wrote:
This discussion is very interesting. I would like to
make a summary, so
that we can go further.
1. A database of all books ever published is one of the thing
still missing.
No, no, no, this is *not* missing. This is exactly the scope of
OpenLibrary. Just as Wikipedia is not yet a complete encyclopedia,
or OpenStreetMap is not yet a complete map of the world, some
books are still missing from OpenLibrary's database, but it is a
project aiming to compile a database of every book ever published.
Personally I don't find OL very practical. May be
I am too much
used too Mediawiki. ;oD
And therefore, you would not try to improve OpenLibrary, but
rather start an entirely new project based on MediaWiki? I'm
afraid that this ("not invented here") is a common sentiment, and
a major reason that we will get nowhere.
--
Lars Aronsson (lars(a)aronsson.se)
Aronsson Datateknik -
http://aronsson.se