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Towards Ontology-Driven Information Systems: Guidelines to the Creation of New Methodologies to Build Ontologies
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Soares, Andrey – ProQuest LLC, 2009
This research targeted the area of Ontology-Driven Information Systems, where ontology plays a central role both at development time and at run time of Information Systems (IS). In particular, the research focused on the process of building domain ontologies for IS modeling. The motivation behind the research was the fact that researchers have…
Descriptors: Information Systems, Knowledge Management, Engineering Technology, Computer System Design
ILS Migration in the 21st Century: Some New Things to Think about This Time Around
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Cervone, Frank – Computers in Libraries, 2007
Given the recent spate of library system vendor acquisitions and consolidations, integrated library system (ILS) migrations have become a hot topic again. Although ILS migrations happen all the time, they tend to be cyclical in nature. Today, people are thinking broadly about what options might be available to them. These include changing vendors,…
Descriptors: Information Systems, Library Development, Vendors, Computer Software Selection
Nonbibliographic Applications of Z39.50.
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Kunze, John A. – Public-Access Computer Systems Review, 1992
Describes the use of the Z39.50 information retrieval protocol as the basis for Infocal, a read-only, client/server-based campus information system. Technical considerations in adapting the protocol to nonbibliographic data, including semantic modules, dynamic attribute sets, and dynamic record syntax, are described in detail. (Contains 11…
Descriptors: Bibliographic Databases, Computer Software, Computer System Design, Database Design
The Structure of a Knowledge Base for Cataloging Rules.
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Jeng, Ling Hwey – Information Processing and Management, 1991
Describes a study which investigated the general patterns and level of applicability of Anglo American Cataloging Rules (AACR2). It is suggested that designers and revisers of AACR2 should reduce the number of rules of very limited applicability levels and enhance the rule contents for application domains to expand the usefulness of AACR2. (SD)
Descriptors: Bibliographic Databases, Cataloging, Computer System Design, Evaluation Needs
The Online Information System at Georgia Institute of Technology [and] Development of the Carnegie Mellon Library Information System [and] Article-Level Access in the Online Catalog at Vanderbilt University.
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Drake, Miriam A.; And Others – Information Technology and Libraries, 1989
Describes the planning, development, implementation and impact of online information systems at three academic libraries. Some of the issues discussed include the campus computing environments, factors affecting the selection of databases and search systems, the impact of the system on library staff and users, and future considerations. (CLB)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Bibliographic Databases, Computer System Design, Database Design
The Role of the MELVYL System in University of California Library Automation: The Next Five Years. Technical Report No. 5.
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California Univ., Oakland. Div. of Library Automation. – 1991
This report on options for developing the University of California (UC) MELVYL online library system discusses the system in relationship to the current environment, including national and network information resources, electronic publishing, campus libraries, and changing user expectations; and places the growth of the MELVYL system in the…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Bibliographic Databases, Computer Networks, Computer System Design