Library Cataloging
The Advanced Search Facility is an open source project worth notice. It supports MARC, GILS, XML, FGDC, Dublin Core, PICS and other standards. It also provides support for Z39.50.
- Ojax Federated Search Service Software
An exciting announcement about OJAX, an open-source federated search tool.OJAX federated search service software is now in Beta release and available for download. Version 0.7 has improved performance, stability and user feedback, as well as additional...
- Rights Metadata
Following the example of Yahoo!'s CC-search that was released in March 2004 and then incorporated into Yahoo!'s Advanced Search page, Google has incorporated a new element into its Advanced Search page that allows users to filter their search...
- Federated Searching
Integration of Non-OAI Resources for Federated Searching in DLIST, an Eprints Repository by Anita Coleman, Paul Bracke and S. Karthik appears in the latest issue of D-Lib Magazine.Federated, distributed, and broadcast searches on the Internet depend on...
- Faceted Classification
Is there a role for traditional knowledge organization systems in the digital age?. Barrington report on advanced knowledge organization and retrieval by Claudio Gnoli.Many information seekers -- and sometimes librarians themselves -- abandoned card catalogs...
- Gils
Just received this notice about the Government Information Locator Service:Through the efforts of several people, we now have a draft Web Services Description Language (WSDL) file for the GILS search service, available for review.This draft only defines...
Library Cataloging
Advanced Search Facility
The Advanced Search Facility is an open source project worth notice. It supports MARC, GILS, XML, FGDC, Dublin Core, PICS and other standards. It also provides support for Z39.50.
The Advanced Search Facility provides tools for gathering and organizing information within and among information communities. If you want to:
- Collect information and publish on the Internet
-- ASF provides a search facility for the collection- Point to information elsewhere on the Internet
-- ASF provides a "gatherer" to index other Web information resources and files- Point to information not on the Internet or more complex than text documents
-- ASF provides for building locator records for all manner of information resources- Bridge among multiple information communities
-- ASF provides for referral of searches within and between information communities
- Ojax Federated Search Service Software
An exciting announcement about OJAX, an open-source federated search tool.OJAX federated search service software is now in Beta release and available for download. Version 0.7 has improved performance, stability and user feedback, as well as additional...
- Rights Metadata
Following the example of Yahoo!'s CC-search that was released in March 2004 and then incorporated into Yahoo!'s Advanced Search page, Google has incorporated a new element into its Advanced Search page that allows users to filter their search...
- Federated Searching
Integration of Non-OAI Resources for Federated Searching in DLIST, an Eprints Repository by Anita Coleman, Paul Bracke and S. Karthik appears in the latest issue of D-Lib Magazine.Federated, distributed, and broadcast searches on the Internet depend on...
- Faceted Classification
Is there a role for traditional knowledge organization systems in the digital age?. Barrington report on advanced knowledge organization and retrieval by Claudio Gnoli.Many information seekers -- and sometimes librarians themselves -- abandoned card catalogs...
- Gils
Just received this notice about the Government Information Locator Service:Through the efforts of several people, we now have a draft Web Services Description Language (WSDL) file for the GILS search service, available for review.This draft only defines...