[topicmapmail] PSI repository

[Murray Altheim]

Alexander Johannesen wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I've looked briefly at PURL, and was wondering if there is or were
> plans to create a PSI repository for people and applications to use
> in finding and using PSI's. It is well and fine that we all use PSI's
> in our applications and publish these on our sites, but I'm sure that
> reuse and exchange of PSI's in a centralized way is the next "good 
> step." Anyone?

Because this has little value if it's "Murray's PSI Repository" or
"Alexander's PSI Repository", or hosted by a vendor or even a university,
the question of hosting venue is really paramount. This is likely to
be handled within various domains by organizations within those domains,
such as say, the United Nations, the American Medical Association, OCLC,
US Library of Congress, Reuters, Spanish Knitting Association, etc.

If you're talking about a general publication venue, the most obvious
one for this group is probably OASIS. They have registry and repository
projects already, so this wouldn't be out of line with their current
activities. You'd basically propose a Technical Committee to develop
a PSI repository and solicit interest. You have to be an OASIS member
(which for individuals isn't very expensive) and locate I think several
other members in order to propose the TC.

Murray

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Murray Altheim                         http://kmi.open.ac.uk/people/murray/
Knowledge Media Institute
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