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Roszkowski, Michael; Lukas, Christopher – D-Lib Magazine, 1998
Describes an approach for linking geographically distributed collections of metadata so that they are searchable as a single collection. Describes the infrastructure, discusses advantages of using linked collections of authoritative metadata as an alternative to using a keyword-indexing search engine for resource discovery, and examines other…
Descriptors: Computer System Design, Information Networks, Information Retrieval, Information Seeking
Powell, Andy – D-Lib Magazine, 1998
Describes UKOLN's (United Kingdom Office for Library and Information Networking--a national center for support in network information management in the library/information communities) experimental system that allows digital object identifiers (DOIs) encoded as uniform resource names (URNs) to be resolved on behalf of Web browsers by Squid, a…
Descriptors: Computer System Design, Hypermedia, Indexing, Information Management
Spink, Amanda; Wilson, Tom; Ellis, David; Ford, Nigel – D-Lib Magazine, 1998
This study investigates the nature, manifestations, and behavior of successive searching by users in digital environments, and establishes criteria for use in the design of information-retrieval interfaces and systems supporting successive-searching behavior. Study includes two projects--one based at the University of North Texas, one at the…
Descriptors: Computer Interfaces, Computer System Design, Foreign Countries, Higher Education