An overview of The European Library. Olaf Janssen presenting during DRH 2005, Lancaster, UK, 06-09-05
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2. 1. How do we know that the work we accomplish is new and innovative? 2. How does technology change the way that we work? 3. What kinds of methodologies are being used? from http://www.drh.org.uk/ The European Library & Conference goals
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11. 1. Se arch and retrieval in The European Library 2. Targets : Central Index vs. Remote targets 3. Metadat a in The European Library SRU = protocol for S earch & R etrieval via U RLs Technics in The European Library 3. What kinds of methodologies are being used? Layout:
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13. Sidestep: Z39.50/SRU gateways Z39.50/SRU gateway (= translator ) 1. Protocol conversion : translation of SRU request into Z39.50 session which will find & retrieve the requested records from a pre-specified Z39.50 target. 2. Search language conversion : From CQL to local search language of Z39.50 target. 3. Character set conversions (if necessary) 4. Record format conversion (MARC21 to DublinCore, etc… ) 5. Addition of metadata fields in records