Library Cataloging
Alexander Johannesen writes
MARC
XML
- Topic Maps And The Catalog
Topic Maps and Catalogues of Museums, Libraries and Archives by Liliana Melgar.This case study is about the usage of Topic Maps for catalogues of Museums, Libraries and Archives. The first part describes two projects using Topic Maps by implementing data...
- Rdflib Python Libraries
I keep looking for a good tool, one that will make working with the Resource Description Framework easier. (I'm also looking for one for topic maps) Something like MARC Magician or dc.dot would be nice. RDFLib Python libraries is something that deserves...
- Topic Maps
Topic Maps are something I find difficult to grasp. That, is seems, is because they are very different from our normal approach in cataloging. In cataloging (and RDF) a resource is described by using a collection of defined fields (or triples). As I begin...
- Topic Maps
Metadata? Thesauri? Taxonomies? Topic Maps! by Lars Marius Garshol "argues that topic maps go beyond the traditional solutions in the sense that it provides a framework within which they can be represented as they are, but also extended in ways which...
- Rdf And Topic Maps
Taking RDF and Topic Maps seriously - what happens when you drink the Kool Aid by Kent Fitch is an older piece (but new to me), 2002, but worth a look.A great deal of attention has been focussed on the concept of the "Semantic Web". One of the core ideas...
Library Cataloging
xSiteable Publishing Framework
Alexander Johannesen writes
I have started some serious work on the xSiteable Publishing Framework which combines a lot of things I've been working on for the last few years. This is a framework that's been brewing for quite some time, and hence I've decided to can the xSiteable project as a stand-alone thing; the good stuff developed for xSiteable version 0.95+ will be part of this new framework. Here is the rundown:A draft MARC XML=>Topic Map schema is now available. Alexander is the author of Here is a How to Topic Maps, Sir which is one of the better introductions to the topic.Support for DocBook documents, xSiteable templates and content, MARC XML (which is exciting to all the librarians out there!), and Topic maps (using CSXTM).Conversion tool : MARC XML to Topic maps which I'm personally very excited about. I have basic support already finished.Small-scale cache machine support for PHP (and Java, C# and Python close behind) making it really scalable and flexible.
The most important and exciting part of this framework is that I can now create fully dynamic sites based on sets of MARC XML records. The project that triggered this is a smaller folklore project where I was handed a set of MARC XML records with annotations. Not only can I now display info about this set, but show off the synergetic effects of putting them into a Topic maps instead of a traditional RDBMS. My prototype is looking really good, and I'll share more info here as I go along.For librarians: If anyone wants to join me in my quest for a MARC XML => Topic maps brigde, please drop me a line. What is needed the most is an MARC compatible ontology.
MARC
XML
- Topic Maps And The Catalog
Topic Maps and Catalogues of Museums, Libraries and Archives by Liliana Melgar.This case study is about the usage of Topic Maps for catalogues of Museums, Libraries and Archives. The first part describes two projects using Topic Maps by implementing data...
- Rdflib Python Libraries
I keep looking for a good tool, one that will make working with the Resource Description Framework easier. (I'm also looking for one for topic maps) Something like MARC Magician or dc.dot would be nice. RDFLib Python libraries is something that deserves...
- Topic Maps
Topic Maps are something I find difficult to grasp. That, is seems, is because they are very different from our normal approach in cataloging. In cataloging (and RDF) a resource is described by using a collection of defined fields (or triples). As I begin...
- Topic Maps
Metadata? Thesauri? Taxonomies? Topic Maps! by Lars Marius Garshol "argues that topic maps go beyond the traditional solutions in the sense that it provides a framework within which they can be represented as they are, but also extended in ways which...
- Rdf And Topic Maps
Taking RDF and Topic Maps seriously - what happens when you drink the Kool Aid by Kent Fitch is an older piece (but new to me), 2002, but worth a look.A great deal of attention has been focussed on the concept of the "Semantic Web". One of the core ideas...