1 | Copyright Information
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4 | This is a collection of documents in Word, PDF, PS and RTF formats. Except for
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5 | pdf06-weirdchars.pdf file, all the other documents are published at the
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6 | Computer Science Department, Waikato University. The pdf06-weirdchars.pdf file
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7 | (METS: Metadata Encoding and Transmission Standard) is distributed with permission
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8 | from both the author and JISC (shown as below).
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9 |
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10 |
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11 | ----------------------
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12 | > From: Gaynor Backhouse <[email protected]>
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13 | > Date: 31 May 2007 1:31:00 AM
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14 | > To: [email protected]
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15 | > Cc: [email protected]
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16 | > Subject: Re: Fwd: Re: METS document TSW 02-05
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17 | > Reply-To: [email protected]
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18 | >
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19 | > Dear Ian
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20 | >
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21 | > You have indeed reached the contact for TechWatch, and as the
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22 | > Project Manager, I am happy for you to
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23 | > use the report in the way you have described. Good luck with your
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24 | > project!
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25 | >
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26 | > Best wishes,
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27 | > Gaynor Backhouse
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28 | > Project Manager, JISC Technology and Standards Watch
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29 | >
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30 | >
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31 | > The JISC Technology and Standards Watch service is provided by
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32 | > Intelligent Content Ltd, a company
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33 | > registered in England and Wales with the registration number 5081330.
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34 | >
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35 | > Intelligent Content Limited
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36 | > 24 Heathcoat Building
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37 | > Nottingham Science and Technology Park
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38 | > University Boulevard
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39 | > Nottingham
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40 | > NG7 2QJ
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41 | >
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42 | > t: +44 (0)115 922 4600
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43 | > w: www.intelligentcontent.co.uk
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44 | > e: [email protected]
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45 | >
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46 | >> ________________
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47 | >> Date: Mon, 14 May 2007 14:21:28 +1200
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48 | >> From: Ian Witten <[email protected]>
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49 | >> Subject: Re: METS document TSW 02-05
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50 | >> To: [email protected]
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51 | >>
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52 | >> I would like permission to distribute a document, "METS: Metadata
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53 | >> Encoding and Transmission Standard," TSW 02-05, October 2002 (copy
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54 | >> attached to this email). The context of the request is explained in
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55 | >> my email to Richard below. He is happy for us to distribute the
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56 | >> document, but thinks that JISC also holds copyright in it, which is
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57 | >> why I'm checking with you.
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58 | >>
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59 | >> Please let me know if this is OK, or who the correct contact is if
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60 | >> it's not you.
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61 | >> cheers
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62 | >> ian
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63 | >>
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64 | >>
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65 | >> Begin forwarded message:
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66 | >>> From: Richard Gartner <[email protected]>
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67 | >>> Date: 10 May 2007 10:31:59 PM
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68 | >>> To: Ian Witten <[email protected]>
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69 | >>> Subject: Re: METS document TSW 02-05
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70 | >>>
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71 | >>> Dear Ian,
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72 | >>>
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73 | >>> Nice to hear from you again! We haven't met since that conference
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74 | >>> in Ankara, but I have been very busy on the METS and Greenstone
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75 | >>> front ever since.
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76 | >>>
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77 | >>> I'm very happy for you to distribute the document - I think JISC
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78 | >>> also hold copyright in it, though, so perhaps you'd better check
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79 | >>> with them as well. They've given permission before, so there
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80 | >>> shouldn't be any problem. The current contact email for the TSW
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81 | >>> service seems to be [email protected], so I'd try
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82 | >>> there first.
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83 | >>>
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84 | >>> You'll be pleased to know that our Greenstone application at Oxford
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85 | >>> is finally publicly visible! It's at http://www.odl.ox.ac.uk/
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86 | >>> odlcollections/ . Please feel free to add it to the list on your
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87 | >>> website.
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88 | >>>
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89 | >>> All the best,
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90 | >>> Richard
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91 | >>>
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92 | >>> Ian Witten wrote:
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93 | >>>> Richard, I would like your permission to distribute a document
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94 | >>>> that you wrote, "METS: Metadata Encoding and Transmission
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95 | >>>> Standard," TSW 02-05, October 2002 (copy attached to this email).
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96 | >>>> The context of this request is rather an unusual one. I don't know
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97 | >>>> if you remember me but I run the New Zealand Digital Library
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98 | >>>> project (http://nzdl.org), which has produced the Greenstone
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99 | >>>> Digital Library Software (httip://greenstone.org) which is widely
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100 | >>>> used around the world, particularly in developing countries, and
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101 | >>>> is sponsored and supported by UNESCO. Greenstone is open source,
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102 | >>>> distributed under the GNU General Public License.
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103 | >>>> We run training courses for the Greenstone software, and are
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104 | >>>> producing a collection of Tutorial Exercises for people to use in
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105 | >>>> training courses and for independent study. We seek interesting
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106 | >>>> material to use as the basis for training exercises, and would
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107 | >>>> like to use the above-named document for one of the exercises.
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108 | >>>> Again: the reason is an unusual one. This particular document is
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109 | >>>> a rather strange PDF file: the text it contains is present in a
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110 | >>>> form that is difficult for Greenstone to deal with. (Even if you
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111 | >>>> try searching it using a regular PDF reader the results are
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112 | >>>> anomalous: for example, only 10 occurrences of the word "the" are
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113 | >>>> found though the document clearly contains far more). I'm not
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114 | >>>> concerned about the reasons for this: the point is that we have
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115 | >>>> been using this document in an exercise that points out to
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116 | >>>> Greenstone users that such problems can occur and shows them how
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117 | >>>> to deal with them when they crop up in their own collections.
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118 | >>>> We are about to distribute our Tutorial Exercises more widely, and
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119 | >>>> I would like permission from you to use this document as an
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120 | >>>> example. They will be available from our website, and also on a
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121 | >>>> CD-ROM incorporating the Greenstone software that UNESCO will
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122 | >>>> distribute freely in developing countries. All this stuff is
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123 | >>>> given away for free; this is not a for-profit exercise (quite the
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124 | >>>> reverse!)
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125 | >>>> Would you object to our using this document in the way I have
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126 | >>>> outlined, and distributing it freely? I hope not.
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127 | >>>> I realize that copyright is a very complex business -- you
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128 | >>>> probably know more about it than I do -- but it would be nice to
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129 | >>>> have a brief email stating that our intended use is OK. In fact,
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130 | >>>> the people who produce the UNESCO CD-ROM may require
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131 | >>>> documentation that we have permission to reproduce all the
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132 | >>>> material on it.
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133 | >>>> Looking forward to hearing from you
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134 | >>>> ian
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135 | >>>> Ian H. Witten
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136 | >>>> Director, New Zealand Digital Library Project
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137 | >>>
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138 | >>
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139 | >> ________________
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140 | >> document.pdf (1131k bytes)
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141 | >
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