Comments on: Keeping the data open http://peterbrantley.com/keeping-the-data-open-129 Peter Brantley's thoughts and speculations Wed, 22 Sep 2010 00:21:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Eric Hellman http://peterbrantley.com/keeping-the-data-open-129/comment-page-1#comment-37 Eric Hellman Fri, 15 May 2009 17:08:23 +0000 http://peterbrantley.com/?p=129#comment-37 Peter, This post is really puzzling me. To take your example, "theoretically, the BRR has the ability to impose ISBNs and other identifiers on orphan works that lack them." What does that mean? My understanding is that any library can request to the US ISBN agency the assignment of ISBNs to orphan works, and that there are ISBNs available for this very purpose. Whoever does it, it would seem to me to be a good thing, and the assigned ISBN's are disseminated by established channels as a result of their assignment. What is it specifically about the potential addition of the BRR into a vast ecosystem of metadata generation and exchange that causes you worry? Peter,

This post is really puzzling me. To take your example, “theoretically, the BRR has the ability to impose ISBNs and other identifiers on orphan works that lack them.” What does that mean?

My understanding is that any library can request to the US ISBN agency the assignment of ISBNs to orphan works, and that there are ISBNs available for this very purpose. Whoever does it, it would seem to me to be a good thing, and the assigned ISBN’s are disseminated by established channels as a result of their assignment.

What is it specifically about the potential addition of the BRR into a vast ecosystem of metadata generation and exchange that causes you worry?

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