The document discusses the Resource Discovery Taskforce's vision for building a resource discovery infrastructure from scratch using linked metadata approaches and enabling services like search, visualization, and collection management. It provides examples of experimental projects using open, reusable data and seeks feedback on ideas and next steps.
3. The resource discovery taskforce membersWhat resource discovery infrastructure would you build if you could start from scratch?
4. Agreement over metadataDisagreement over serviceshttp://www.flickr.com/photos/arenamontanus/4970297633/sizes/m/in/photostream/http://www.flickr.com/photos/yesiamisme/3629393406/sizes/m/in/photostream/
11. Enabling an ecosystem of servicesFor example:better searchmashups and visualisationsaggregation and normalisation of metadataenrichment of metadatacollection managementshared cataloguingin depth resources exploring specific topicshttp://www.flickr.com/photos/sharman/4935276033/
12. What might this mean for you?http://www.flickr.com/photos/a2gemma/1448178195/sizes/l/in/photostream/
13. We don’t have answers yet, but...We have ideas over metadata approach http://rdtfmetadata.jiscpress.org/We have funded experiments with open reusable data from libraries, museums and archives – a lot of these projects are evaluating a linked data approachhttp://www.jisc.ac.uk/whatwedo/programmes/inf11/infrastructureforresourcediscovery.aspxAnd...We'll make advice and guidance on this available We'll devote effort to aggregating content and to building services that use content from a range of places in innovative ways
14. Where to find informationThe RDTF website: http://rdtf.mimas.ac.uk/A blog on all the recent work and how it fits together: http://rdtf.jiscinvolve.org/wp/2011/03/09/what-weve-been-up-to/The RDTF newsletter: http://rdtf.mimas.ac.uk/newsletter/
15. What do you think?We’d love to hear your thoughts and ideasContact:Andy McGregora.mcgregor@jisc.ac.uk@andymcg
Editor's Notes
But all in different places and different formatsA fragmeneted experienceSome services deal with this but don’t cover all content or meet all use cases
Implementing the visionWe have until 2012 to have a go at realising the visionThe vision is pleasantly baggy so we can tailor and adjust our approach as we find out more about the issues and as we learn from developments elsewhereShort iterative bursts of activity to allow us to constantly correct and adjust our approach as we goBe pragmatic! Do something useful!
Not just heJISC funding focused on he but if want to make it useful for researchers and avoid creating a giant silo – need to think broader to include other sectors and nations
Describe servicesNot all jisc – enabling is used specificallyEcosystem used carefully too as some of these services will feed off each other – I started to draw it but it got too complicated and I started to disagree with myself and that’s not a good sign
Your content might want to be involvedMake it more visible get it enriched by linking to other relevant contentNew ways of engaging with your contentYou might want to see advice and guidance on best practice or look out for new opportunities to exploit your content