Library Cataloging
OASIS has released a position paper and is seeking comments. Search Service Interoperability edited by Eliot Christian.
- 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...
- Searching
An Introduction to the Search/Retrieve URL Service (SRU) by Eric Lease Morgan appears in the latest Ariadne.This article is an introduction to the "brother and sister" Web Service protocols named Search/Retrieve Web Service (SRW) and Search/Retrieve URL...
- Full Text Databases
One of the databases I use frequently is the NASA Astrophysics Data Service. This service has been a source of innovation and experimentation with on-line full text. It is perhaps equal in importance to the physics preprint server, though less well known....
- Z39.50
The ZING Initiative (Z39.50 International Next Generation), under the auspices of the Z39.50 Maintenance Agency at the Library of Congress, is pleased to announce Version 1.0 of SRW and CQL.SRW ("Search/Retrieve for the Web") is a web-service-based protocol...
- Information Architecture
In the context of the U.S. Federal Government "Disaster Help" e-Government initiative, I am helping draft a two-page paper: "Agreement on Certain Information Architecture Principles".Our focus is on the specification of shared interfaces among systems...
Library Cataloging
Z39.50
OASIS has released a position paper and is seeking comments. Search Service Interoperability edited by Eliot Christian.
Governments are recommended to enhance interoperability among their networked systems by adopting a common search service. The search service should be based on the ISO 23950 international standard that features a high degree of interoperability across many communities of practice and types of data and information holdings. Governments should implement the search service as a supplement to other search mechanisms, as these may be required for reasons other than broad scale interoperability.Z39.50 is a fine standard, however, I think OAI-PMH should also be considered. It does get a mention on page 5.
- 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...
- Searching
An Introduction to the Search/Retrieve URL Service (SRU) by Eric Lease Morgan appears in the latest Ariadne.This article is an introduction to the "brother and sister" Web Service protocols named Search/Retrieve Web Service (SRW) and Search/Retrieve URL...
- Full Text Databases
One of the databases I use frequently is the NASA Astrophysics Data Service. This service has been a source of innovation and experimentation with on-line full text. It is perhaps equal in importance to the physics preprint server, though less well known....
- Z39.50
The ZING Initiative (Z39.50 International Next Generation), under the auspices of the Z39.50 Maintenance Agency at the Library of Congress, is pleased to announce Version 1.0 of SRW and CQL.SRW ("Search/Retrieve for the Web") is a web-service-based protocol...
- Information Architecture
In the context of the U.S. Federal Government "Disaster Help" e-Government initiative, I am helping draft a two-page paper: "Agreement on Certain Information Architecture Principles".Our focus is on the specification of shared interfaces among systems...