A weblog following developments around the world in FRBR: Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records.

Maintained by William Denton, Web Librarian at York University. Suggestions and comments welcome at wtd@pobox.com.


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Morin, Expérience d’isbn

Posted by: William Denton, 17 March 2008 7:19 am
Categories: Blog Mentions

Nicolas Morin posted Expérience d’isbn (it’s in French but Google can translate it) on his blog a couple of weeks ago. It’s about looking for

J’ai une édition poche de Madame Bovary dans mon catalogue. Je prends son isbn: à partir de cette information, quelles informations puis-je récupérer à la volée via des web services disponibles ailleurs sur le web pour enrichir l’expérience de l’usager?

[I have a paperback edition of Madame Bovary in my catalogue. I take its ISBN. From this information, what information can I get on the fly via web services available elsewhere on the Web to enhance the experience of the user?]

… une chose est désormais certaine: nous avons de moins en moins un problème de données, nous avons un problème d’outils.

[One thing is certain: we have less and less a problem of data, we have a problem of tools.]