Des nouvelles du projet eXtensible Catalog:

"The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation–funded eXtensible Catalog (XC) project from the University of Rochester, NY, a new metadata manager and interface tool for bibliographic information, has received a major upgrade to its web presence in an outward sign of a larger behind-the-scenes effort. In transitioning from a WordPress blog to a Drupal site featuring significantly more background and framework info, the project's second phase of coding and software design has ramped up, helping XC make the move from a planning architecture to a workable and distributable set of open source (OS) software components.
The XC, geared toward academic libraries and scheduled to be released in summer 2009, will serve as a means for managing many different kinds of library metadata, including MARC, Dublin Core, and FRBRized records. On the new site, project managers add that they hope to initiate “a next phase of development to integrate the benefits of the RDA metadata standard once it is released.” In addition, XC “will enable library content to be revealed through other services that libraries may already be using, such as content management systems and learning management systems.” [...]"