Library Cataloging
RSS Ping looks like a useful combination of the RSS/Atom metadata and the Ping function. This work is in progress, so librarians could contribute to the development.
- Combining Web Classification And Web Information Extraction
Towards Combining Web Classification and Web Information Extraction: a Case Study by Ping Luo, Fen Lin, Yuhong Xiong, Yong Zhao, and Zhongzhi Shi appears as HP Tech report HPL-2009-86.Web content analysis often has two sequential and separate steps: Web...
- Metadata Remediation Tools
Future Directions in Metadata Remediation for Metadata Aggregators by Greta de Groat describes tools used by digital libraries on metadata aggregations.This report will detail the current state of the art of remediation efforts, describe the additional...
- Trackbacks
So arXive now has trackbacks. I'm wondering what it would take to provide trackbacks in our catalogs. Would links like that to individual bibliographic records be useful? There is Freetag, an open-source tool, that allows tagging in a MySQL database....
- Isbd Database
The ISBDdb is an interesting project. As a Web service it could prove very useful.ISBNdb.com gets the data in a unique way - it scans libraries all across the world for book information. The scanning is random and similar in a way to how general purpose...
- Bibliographic Control Of Web Resources Action Plan
The Cataloging Directorate has published an updated version of "Bibliographic Control of Web Resources: A Library of Congress Action Plan". This version includes the detailed work plan for ten of the action items included in the plan. Each work plan includes...
Library Cataloging
RSS Ping
RSS Ping looks like a useful combination of the RSS/Atom metadata and the Ping function. This work is in progress, so librarians could contribute to the development.
RSS Ping combines RSS item metadata with site update information. It enhances the current ping specification, adding information about exactly what has been updated or published, with the notification that something has been updated. RSS Ping reduces the need to revisit or work done by aggregators and search engines when revisiting the publisher site after being pinged, to provide truly real-time updates for information on the Web.
- Combining Web Classification And Web Information Extraction
Towards Combining Web Classification and Web Information Extraction: a Case Study by Ping Luo, Fen Lin, Yuhong Xiong, Yong Zhao, and Zhongzhi Shi appears as HP Tech report HPL-2009-86.Web content analysis often has two sequential and separate steps: Web...
- Metadata Remediation Tools
Future Directions in Metadata Remediation for Metadata Aggregators by Greta de Groat describes tools used by digital libraries on metadata aggregations.This report will detail the current state of the art of remediation efforts, describe the additional...
- Trackbacks
So arXive now has trackbacks. I'm wondering what it would take to provide trackbacks in our catalogs. Would links like that to individual bibliographic records be useful? There is Freetag, an open-source tool, that allows tagging in a MySQL database....
- Isbd Database
The ISBDdb is an interesting project. As a Web service it could prove very useful.ISBNdb.com gets the data in a unique way - it scans libraries all across the world for book information. The scanning is random and similar in a way to how general purpose...
- Bibliographic Control Of Web Resources Action Plan
The Cataloging Directorate has published an updated version of "Bibliographic Control of Web Resources: A Library of Congress Action Plan". This version includes the detailed work plan for ten of the action items included in the plan. Each work plan includes...