Copyright Information ---------------------- This is a collection of documents in Word, PDF, PS and RTF formats. Except for pdf06-weirdchars.pdf file, all the other documents are published at the Computer Science Department, Waikato University. The pdf06-weirdchars.pdf file (METS: Metadata Encoding and Transmission Standard) is distributed with permission from both the author and JISC (shown as below). ---------------------- > From: Gaynor Backhouse > Date: 31 May 2007 1:31:00 AM > To: ihw@cs.waikato.ac.nz > Cc: richard.gartner@sers.ox.ac.uk > Subject: Re: Fwd: Re: METS document TSW 02-05 > Reply-To: g.backhouse@intelligentcontent.co.uk > > Dear Ian > > You have indeed reached the contact for TechWatch, and as the > Project Manager, I am happy for you to > use the report in the way you have described. Good luck with your > project! > > Best wishes, > Gaynor Backhouse > Project Manager, JISC Technology and Standards Watch > > > The JISC Technology and Standards Watch service is provided by > Intelligent Content Ltd, a company > registered in England and Wales with the registration number 5081330. > > Intelligent Content Limited > 24 Heathcoat Building > Nottingham Science and Technology Park > University Boulevard > Nottingham > NG7 2QJ > > t: +44 (0)115 922 4600 > w: www.intelligentcontent.co.uk > e: techwatch@intelligentcontent.co.uk > >> ________________ >> Date: Mon, 14 May 2007 14:21:28 +1200 >> From: Ian Witten >> Subject: Re: METS document TSW 02-05 >> To: techwatch@intelligentcontent.co.uk >> >> I would like permission to distribute a document, "METS: Metadata >> Encoding and Transmission Standard," TSW 02-05, October 2002 (copy >> attached to this email). The context of the request is explained in >> my email to Richard below. He is happy for us to distribute the >> document, but thinks that JISC also holds copyright in it, which is >> why I'm checking with you. >> >> Please let me know if this is OK, or who the correct contact is if >> it's not you. >> cheers >> ian >> >> >> Begin forwarded message: >>> From: Richard Gartner >>> Date: 10 May 2007 10:31:59 PM >>> To: Ian Witten >>> Subject: Re: METS document TSW 02-05 >>> >>> Dear Ian, >>> >>> Nice to hear from you again! We haven't met since that conference >>> in Ankara, but I have been very busy on the METS and Greenstone >>> front ever since. >>> >>> I'm very happy for you to distribute the document - I think JISC >>> also hold copyright in it, though, so perhaps you'd better check >>> with them as well. They've given permission before, so there >>> shouldn't be any problem. The current contact email for the TSW >>> service seems to be techwatch@intelligentcontent.co.uk, so I'd try >>> there first. >>> >>> You'll be pleased to know that our Greenstone application at Oxford >>> is finally publicly visible! It's at http://www.odl.ox.ac.uk/ >>> odlcollections/ . Please feel free to add it to the list on your >>> website. >>> >>> All the best, >>> Richard >>> >>> Ian Witten wrote: >>>> Richard, I would like your permission to distribute a document >>>> that you wrote, "METS: Metadata Encoding and Transmission >>>> Standard," TSW 02-05, October 2002 (copy attached to this email). >>>> The context of this request is rather an unusual one. I don't know >>>> if you remember me but I run the New Zealand Digital Library >>>> project (http://nzdl.org), which has produced the Greenstone >>>> Digital Library Software (httip://greenstone.org) which is widely >>>> used around the world, particularly in developing countries, and >>>> is sponsored and supported by UNESCO. Greenstone is open source, >>>> distributed under the GNU General Public License. >>>> We run training courses for the Greenstone software, and are >>>> producing a collection of Tutorial Exercises for people to use in >>>> training courses and for independent study. We seek interesting >>>> material to use as the basis for training exercises, and would >>>> like to use the above-named document for one of the exercises. >>>> Again: the reason is an unusual one. This particular document is >>>> a rather strange PDF file: the text it contains is present in a >>>> form that is difficult for Greenstone to deal with. (Even if you >>>> try searching it using a regular PDF reader the results are >>>> anomalous: for example, only 10 occurrences of the word "the" are >>>> found though the document clearly contains far more). I'm not >>>> concerned about the reasons for this: the point is that we have >>>> been using this document in an exercise that points out to >>>> Greenstone users that such problems can occur and shows them how >>>> to deal with them when they crop up in their own collections. >>>> We are about to distribute our Tutorial Exercises more widely, and >>>> I would like permission from you to use this document as an >>>> example. They will be available from our website, and also on a >>>> CD-ROM incorporating the Greenstone software that UNESCO will >>>> distribute freely in developing countries. All this stuff is >>>> given away for free; this is not a for-profit exercise (quite the >>>> reverse!) >>>> Would you object to our using this document in the way I have >>>> outlined, and distributing it freely? I hope not. >>>> I realize that copyright is a very complex business -- you >>>> probably know more about it than I do -- but it would be nice to >>>> have a brief email stating that our intended use is OK. In fact, >>>> the people who produce the UNESCO CD-ROM may require >>>> documentation that we have permission to reproduce all the >>>> material on it. >>>> Looking forward to hearing from you >>>> ian >>>> Ian H. Witten >>>> Director, New Zealand Digital Library Project >>> >> >> ________________ >> document.pdf (1131k bytes) >