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Subject: RE: [tm-pubsubj] [Fwd: NISO-Sponsored INFO URI Scheme Published]
Patrick > I would amend your interpretation to read: > > "The Publisher of a Published Subject Identifier must provide a > non-ambiguous mechanism giving access to a unique human-interpretable > Published Subject Indicator." Certainly more accurate than my proposal. I think we are on the same page, and I fully agree with the points below, too. > The publishers cited, such as NASA Astrophysics Data System, Library of > Congress, etc., already have legacy systems in place that provide the > "unique human-interpretable Published Subject Indicator." > > A few other quick points: > > First, there is a cost associated with requiring dereferenceable > identifiers, as noted in the document you cite above: > > > Further, if HTTP URIs were used to provide resource representations, > > it must be recognized that managing the namespace and infrastructure > > is a costly enterprise that may not be appropriate or cost effective > > in a given business context. > > Second, note that all the extant legacy identifiers become immediately > usable with this system. No requirement to construct dereferenceable > URIs, machine/human readable metadata, etc. > > Third, and a even more practical concern for PubSubj, can we walk away > from identifiers that comprise 2.6% of Google space? > > Having argued against dereferenceable identifiers early in this process > I can hardly be considered neutral but I do think this proposal has much > to recommend itself. > > I would suggest that we all spend some time with the full proposal as I > think it may influence what we determine to be our next deliverables. > > Note that I am not arguing that network accessible human/machine > readable metadata is a bad thing. It would be very useful to users and > machines alike but useful does not equal required. As noted in the > proposal we are discussing, publishers are free to do that, just not as > part of that particular identifier. > > Hope you are having a great day! > > Patrick > > -- > Patrick Durusau > Director of Research and Development > Society of Biblical Literature > Patrick.Durusau@sbl-site.org > Chair, V1 - Text Processing: Office and Publishing Systems Interface > Co-Editor, ISO 13250, Topic Maps -- Reference Model > > Topic Maps: Human, not artificial, intelligence at work! > >
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