Authors: Jayakanth, F.; Maly, K.; Zubair, M.; Aswath, L.

Source: Program: electronic library & information systems, Volume 39, Number 3, 2005 , pp. 269-278(10)

Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing Limited

Abstract:

<B>Purpose</B> - To make CDS/ISIS databases OAI-compliant. <B>Design/methodology/approach</B> - One of the biggest obstacles for information dissemination to a user community is that many digital libraries or bibliographic databases use heterogeneous technologies that inhibit interoperability. The Open Archives Initiative (OAI) addresses interoperability by using a framework to facilitate the discovery of content stored in distributed archives or bibliographic databases through the use of the OAI Protocol for Metadata Harvesting (OAI-PMH). Though the OAI-PMH is becoming the de facto standard, many of the legacy databases or bibliographic systems, for various reasons, are not OAI-compliant. CDS/ISIS is one such database system. In this paper, we discuss the static repository (SR) approach to make CDS/ISIS databases OAI-compliant. The records from a CDS/ISIS database are exported onto a file and the exported records are then converted to the SR XML file format. The SR file is made OAI-compliant either by ingesting it into the Kepler Archivelet or through the intermediation of a static repository gateway (SRG). <B>Findings</B> - The SR is a simple approach for making bibliographic records contained in non-OAI-compliant systems, OAI-compliant. <B>Research limitations/implications</B> - The SR approach is meant for records, which are relatively static. If the OAI-compliance is achieved through the SRG, then the number of records contained in a SR file should not exceed 5,000. However, if the SR file is ingested into the Kepler Archivelet, then there is no restriction on the number of records contained in a SR file.

Keywords: Archives management; Bibliographic systems; Databases; Digital libraries; Open systems

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/00330330510610609

Publication date: 2005-09-01

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