Interoperability and Standards for Bibliographic Applications Poul Henrik Jørgensen Danish Library Centre Telematics for Libraries Nov. 1999
Libraries Nov. 1999Poul Henrik Jørgensen, Overview Bibliographic IT Standards Standardisation Activities Profiling for Interoperability Implementation Clusters Common Toolkits Current Issues Future Developments Achievements with European perspectives
Libraries Nov. 1999Poul Henrik Jørgensen, Bibliographic IT Standards Z39.50 Search and Retrieval ISO ILL Interlibrary Loans EDI Electronic Data Interchange ISO 8459 Data Elements Z39.70 (or Z39.81?) Circulation & ILL GEDI Electronic Document Delivery Metadata, Dublin Core & RDF
Libraries Nov. 1999Poul Henrik Jørgensen, Standardisation Activities ISO TC 46 SC4 ZIG. Z39.50 Implementers Group IPIG. ILL Protocol Implementers Group EDItEUR. European Book trade EDI Group IFLA Dublin Core W3C Web Standards
Libraries Nov. 1999Poul Henrik Jørgensen, Z39.50v = ISO Standard for on-line communication between systems – no user-interface aspects Defines transmission methods, abstract services and transaction formats Independent of implementation details in associated systems Services includes Search and Retrieval, Update, Item Ordering and others
Libraries Nov. 1999Poul Henrik Jørgensen, Standard Profiles Agreements about how to implement a communications standard in practice Which of the available services and transactions to support – and how? Z39.50 Profiles specify Search attributes, Record formats, Character sets and Extended services etc.
Libraries Nov. 1999Poul Henrik Jørgensen, Common Z39.50 Profiles ATS-1: Author Title Subject GILS: US Government Information CIMI & Aquarelle: Museums & Archives CoBRA & EFILA: Common European National Library (CENL) Bath: Search, Holdings, Cross-domain ONE-2: Bath + Update, ILL, EDD
Libraries Nov. 1999Poul Henrik Jørgensen, Z39.50 Server System Search- Retrieve Services Z39.50 Target Protocol Machine Z39.50 Client System Z39.50 Client User Interface Z39.50 Origin Services Z39.50 Origin Protocol Machine SR Services Database Extended Services Database Explain Services Extended Services Explain Services Database Z39.50 Systems Architecture
Libraries Nov. 1999Poul Henrik Jørgensen, Z39.50 Implementation Clusters SOCKER: Origin Protocol Machine (PM) & different Client architectures ARCA: Server Toolkit and Client ONE: General PM, Utilities, Client, Gateway and Servers UNIVERSE: Virtual Union Catalogues MALVINE: Servers & Clients
Libraries Nov. 1999Poul Henrik Jørgensen, Dublin Core Metadata Initiative Elise II: Image Databases Euler: Mathematical Materials Malvine: Letters & Manuscripts Biblink: Information about Electronic Materials IndoReg: Internet Documents as part of Danish National Bibliography
Libraries Nov. 1999Poul Henrik Jørgensen, Current Issues ZIG Holdings Data Schema MARC Formats. USMarc & UniMARC? Character Set handling ISO ILL. Z39.50/ILL or , XML? Circulation Standards. 3M, Z39.81? Electronic Document Delivery. GEDI? EDI. EDIfACT or XML?
Libraries Nov. 1999Poul Henrik Jørgensen, Future Developments Integrated Services, e.g. Z39.50 & ILL XML and related W3C standards ZHTTP: Z39.50, HTTP and XER Resource Definition Framework, RDF IFLA Functional Requirements Cross-domain access Authentication and Control
Libraries Nov. 1999Poul Henrik Jørgensen, Achievements in Interoperability Professional Networks Impact on Standardisation Internationally recognised Toolkits State-of-the-art Servers and Clients New Integrated Services Market for Interchangeable Systems Components