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Watts, Alistair Clive - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • Options and opportunities for New Zealand and France 1918-1935 : les liaisons dangereuses? : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in History at Massey University, Albany, New Zealand
    'Massey University', 2019
    Co-Authors: Watts, Alistair Clive
    Abstract:

    Figures 7, 8 & 9 were removed as the author tried unsuccessfully to obtain permission for their reproduction from the family representative (Alexander Turnbull Library Catalogue Record https://tiaki.natlib.govt.nz/#details=eCatalogue.452950).The New Zealand histories typically assert that a new national identity evolved after World War I to substitute for the pre-war British-based model. This assumption has resulted in the creation of a British-centric historiography that understates the important role of other non-British influencers – especially the French – in the evolution of post-war New Zealand. Systematic sampling of newspaper articles in the PapersPast database has revealed that within New Zealand’s post-1918 public discourse there was a diverse seam of opinion and news related to France that sat alongside that from Britain. This suggests that events concerning France were more prevalent in shaping the New Zealand story than the earlier histories have indicated. These additional perspectives have been integrated into aspects of the New Zealand post-World War I narrative, supplemented where appropriate with articles from French newspapers and the archive. When the First World War finally ended, New Zealand attempted to disengage from Europe in order to put the collective national trauma in the past. Resuming the traditional dislike of the French was a reflexive rejection of the war years rather than a considered policy. It was a self-imposed rather than an obligatory restraint which manifested as official resistance to repatriating bodies and haste in preparing the local monuments that replicated the grander memorials being constructed in France. Thus, when France attempted to maintain contact with her New Zealand ally through trade and diplomacy, the clear wish of New Zealand to identify as a British-dependent entity led to rejection. Nevertheless, France remained a significant global power owing to the Versailles Treaty and post-war political and economic realities. As a result New Zealand was reluctantly drawn into further interactions with the French. As the other Dominions chose a more independent path it was New Zealand - having spurned the French overtures – that was left by choice diplomatically isolated, while clinging culturally, economically and diplomatically to the remnants of a British Empire that had no need for the former colony

Gordon Dunsire - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • Library Models and Standards, and Their Availability in the Semantic Web
    2012
    Co-Authors: Gordon Dunsire, Francoise Leresche, Mirna Willer
    Abstract:

    The workshop will discuss the impact of the Internet and World Wide Web on library processes and services from the point of view of its bibliographic standards and models, specifically the process of transforming metadata into library linked data. The workshop will begin with an introduction to the W3C standard for the Semantic Web – the Resource Description Framework (RDF), its semantics and syntax - and with a short overview of activities in cultural heritage institutions in expressing their standards, vocabularies, etc., in it. Description of recent activities in expressing IFLA standards and models in RDF using Open Metadata Registry space for publishing them will be used as a case study to discuss problems and explain solutions reached so far. Relations (links) between and among standards and models that need to interoperate data will be discussed in the light of the recent IFLA ISBD (International Standard Bibliographic Description) and JSC RDA (Resource Description & Access) harmonization process. The second part of the workshop will focus on the transformation of a traditional Catalogue Record into RDF triples, and their visualization as RDF graphs. BnF's work on Open Linked Data will be used to demonstrate how RDF allows different schema to be represented in a common format. The workshop will explore how to link the sample resources via their triples.

  • The semantic web and expert metadata: pull apart then bring together
    2009
    Co-Authors: Gordon Dunsire
    Abstract:

    The paper discusses the relevance of Resource Description Framework (RDF) and Simple Knowledge Organisation System (SKOS), the essential technical components of the Semantic Web, to the structure and content of professional metadata generated by archives, libraries and museums. The impact on professional practice and policy is illustrated with examples from the library domain. The paper describes the potential of the Semantic Web to bring to an end the evolution of the library Catalogue Record and other localised metadata structures. The paper suggests how the professional communities can treat the Semantic Web as an opportunity rather than a threat, by exploiting their metadata expertise and assets in the areas of identity and authority to the benefit of services and users.

Alistair Clive Watts - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

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