Re: Consultation draft - Digital Collections:A strategic policy
[ Home ][ Thread ][ Subject ][ Author ][ Date ]Stewart Brand
Tue, 28 Apr 1998 10:04:46 -0700
At 11:29 AM -0400 4/28/98, Julie Wilson wrote:
>The best practice section is very generic as you say and really needs
>to be used with the Bibliography,Resources and References and Case
>Studies which provide pointers to more detailed guidance and
>application specific practice.
You know, something that would be really useful, and also fun to do, is a
"Worst Practices" report.
In the words of an old mentor of mine, "Good is a matter of opinion. Bad
is real." It's also how evolution works, by accurately identifying and
killing everything less than good-enough. Foresight is always necessary,
but hindsight is more accurate than foresight.