----- Original Message ----- From: "BWS Johnson" <mhelman@illinoisalumni.org> To: Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz Sent: Wednesday, June 17, 2009 6:13:24 AM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central Subject: Re: [Koha] Senayan Library Management System: Sorry for the wrongsubmission Salvete! ------snip-------------- Climate wise I'd rather not drive people off that might be involved in more than one OS project; they're important bridges. "More is different" if we want things to emerge.

I agree that cooperation with other F/OSS library software projects, including ILSs, is a good thing, but I don't think we should be driven by a fear of reinventing wheels. Different projects have different

*nod* The pickle of innovation is that it almost has to happen quickly and spontaneously. It's driven by need, so I don't think we should balk for fear of reinventing wheels. However, I do think we should consciously cherry pick good code from other OS projects if it's possible to do so. I know I've wanted to see the deduplication for authorities that I saw at a demonstration about eXtensible Catalogue somehow work its way into Koha. Planning again: should we have a liaison or liaisons to other OS projects to make us aware of good developments in other people's backyards?

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I really think that "Koha" should be keeping an eye on projects like DSpace and Fedora-Commons, which themselves have found enough commonality that they are merging. Digital archival apps are really a close cousin to ILSies, and DSpace (FLOSS of course) is used by a lot of big name institutions world-wide, and some degree of "compatability" between the DSpace and Koha might promote the spread of Koha. http://dspace.org http://www.fedora-commons.org/ de Greg

----------------------snip----------------- Cheers, Brooke