Library Cataloging
Constructing Web subject gateways using Dublin Core, the Resource Description Framework and Topic Maps by Jesus Tramullas and Piedad Garrido.
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UDC in subject gateways: experiment or opportunity? by Aida Slavic will appear in Knowledge Organization.The paper gives a short overview of the history of use of UDC in Internet subject gateways (SGs) with an English interface, from 1993 to 2006. There...
- Dublin Core
This is the announcement of the publication of the first version (1,0 beta) of DescribeThis, a service designed for the automatic extraction of metadata from online resources. The site offers an easy to use interface where you can indicate the resource...
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Library Cataloging
Web Subject Gateways
Constructing Web subject gateways using Dublin Core, the Resource Description Framework and Topic Maps by Jesus Tramullas and Piedad Garrido.
Introduction. Specialised subject gateways have become an essential tool for locating and accessing digital information resources, with the added value of organisation and previous evaluation catering for the needs of the varying communities using these. Within the framework of a research project on the subject, a software tool has been developed that enables subject gateways to be developed and managed.DC
Method. General guidelines for the work were established which set out the main principles for the technical aspects of the application, on one hand, and on aspects of the treatment and management of information, on the other. All this has been integrated into a prototype model for developing software tools.
Analysis. The needs analysis established the conditions to be fulfilled by the application. A detailed study of the available options for the treatment of information on metadata proved that the best option was to use the Dublin Core, and that the metadata set should be included, in turn, in RDF tags, or in tags based on XML.
Results. The project has resulted in the development of two versions of an application called Potnia (versions 1 and 2), which fulfil the requirements set out in the main principles, and which have been tested by users in real application environments.
Conclusion. The tagging layout found to be the best, and the one used by the writers, is based on integrating the Dublin Core metadata set within the Topic Maps paradigm, formatted in XTM.
- New Dcmi Documnets
Two new documents from the Dublin Core Metadata Imitative. The first involves concepts that relate to RDA. (Although why we are still working on the intellectual foundation when it it nearly ready....) The second provides a model for interoperability...
- Udc In Subject Gateways
UDC in subject gateways: experiment or opportunity? by Aida Slavic will appear in Knowledge Organization.The paper gives a short overview of the history of use of UDC in Internet subject gateways (SGs) with an English interface, from 1993 to 2006. There...
- Dublin Core
This is the announcement of the publication of the first version (1,0 beta) of DescribeThis, a service designed for the automatic extraction of metadata from online resources. The site offers an easy to use interface where you can indicate the resource...
- Cybercasts
Dr. Gloriana St. Clair, Dean, University Libraries, Carnegie Mellon University, visited OCLC Dublin (Ohio) recently to discuss the Million Book Digital Library Project. This international library project strives to create a free-to-read, searchable collection...
- Dublin Core
Registration is open for the 2003 Dublin Core Conference to be held in Seattle, WA, Sept. 28 - Oct. 2. The conference will provide participants with a forum for intensive interaction with researchers, practitioners and decision makers concerned with advances...