California Digital Library
Parting Thoughts
—Some flavors of it are more straightforward than others (e.g., dates, maybe geographic location)
—Some flavors of it don’t rely as much on “collection” context (a date normalized for indexing is a date normalized for indexing …)
—Need a more common understanding of the balance between what we can do globally/collaboratively, and what makes sense only more locally
—Clustering::global::shared topic label/bag o’ words pairs (e.g., Logging (LCSH) = logging lumber lumber_company company loggers logs mill industry crew business timber steam shingle town donkeys log camp railroad donkey_engine sawmill …)
—Classification::local::remediating specific metadata records for specific purposes
—Aquifer a possible experimentation platform for arriving at a better understanding of this balance?
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