On Jan 30, 2005, at 2:26 PM, Gerard Meijssen wrote:
Stirling Newberry wrote:
Hoi, If the idea is to link citations to the US-Library of Congres then it may be a good idea inside the United States. If the idea is to link to the Koninklijke Bibliotheek then it may be an equally valid idea inside the Netherlands. When a standard is chosen that does not show how it relevancy outside the United States, the idea is how well intended fatally flawed.
I do know there is a Library of Congress but I am more interested in the Koninklijke Bibliotheek. When a proposed system is structured in such a way that institutions that are equal to the Library of Congress are treated as such, a system as is proposed may be feasible. Without this, facts not known in the USA would not be creditable and this, is deadly for the credibility of this proposed system.
Thanks, GerardM
As the proposal shows, it would be linking to citations in wikipedia, and the use of protocols would allow the querying of all important repositories, and not merely one national one.