IngentaConnect Re-inventing subject access for the semantic Web

Author: Franklin R.A.

Source: Online Information Review, Volume 27, Number 2, 2003 , pp. 94-101(8)

Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing Limited

Abstract:

First generation scholarly research on the Web lacked a firm system of authority control. Second generation Web research is beginning to model subject access with library science principles of bibliographic control and cataloguing. Harnessing the Web and organising the intellectual content with standards and controlled vocabulary provides precise search and retrieval capability, increasing relevance and efficient use of technology. Dublin Core metadata standards permit a full evaluation and cataloguing of Web resources appropriate to highly specific research needs and discovery. Current research points to a type of structure based on a system of faceted classification. This system allows the semantic and syntactic relationships to be defined. Controlled vocabulary, such as the Library of Congress Subject Headings, can be assigned, not in a hierarchical structure, but rather as descriptive facets of relating concepts. Web design features such as this are adding value to discovery and filtering out data that lack authority. The system design allows for scalability and extensibility, two technical features that are integral to future development of the digital library and resource discovery.

Keywords: Design Optimization; Classification; Digital Libraries; Web Sites; Cataloguing

Document Type: Research article

DOI: 10.1108/14684520310471707

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