Lesk - Chapters 2.1, 2.2, 2.7, 3
From Chapter 3.7, I especially liked learning about the Gallica Collection available at the Bibliothèque Nationale Française, because I speak and read French. After discovering this, I went online to Gallica itself, and was amazed to see the editor's proof of Les Fleurs du Mal, a very important book of French poetry from the 19th century . . . with the editor's and author's own handwritten proofs on the margins of the scanned version! Amazing. From a scholarship standpoint, a researcher no longer has to travel to Paris to read this vital copy; s/he can read it from the comfort of their own laptop. For an example, see http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b86108314/f42.image
Arms - Chapter 9
On Panel 9.3, I was surprised to learn that EAD is in fact a sophisticated type of DTD. I have been using EAD for many years and have used it to mark up more than 31 linear feet of archival material. One day, I hope to see the actual code for EAD, because it is open-source and I hope to help edit its code.
Lynch - Identifiers and Their Role in Networked Information Applications
Muddiest Point: What are the politics behind competing standards? It seems that one group, like the Internet Engineering Task Force, will first try to develop a persistent identifier, like URN, only to be usurped by another group like OCLC who is trying to push PURL. Then, much later, NISO will push SICI, while AAP and CNRI will now push for DOI.
Who is right and who is wrong? Who is stepping on the other's toes? Why are there so many competing handles?
Paskin - Digital Object Identifier System
This article greatly clarified for me the relationship between DOI, URLs, and the digital object itself. I believe Figure 1 brought it home for me by showing that where the URL for the digital object changed, the DOI itself did not have to alter. The independence of a DOI from an object's URL guarantees its persistence over time.
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