VALA2000 Session 9 Gatenby

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Internet, Interoperability and Standards – Filling the Gaps

VALA 2000 CONCURRENT SESSION 9: Interoperability
Thursday 17 February 2000, 14:00 – 14:30

Janifer Gatenby

European Product Manager, Geac Computers


VALA Peer Reviewed Paper

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Abstract

With major changes in electronic communications, the main focus of standardisation in the library arena has moved from that of supporting efficiency to allowing library users to access external resources and allowing remote access to library resources. There is a new emphasis on interoperability at a deeper level among library systems and on a grander scale within the environment of electronic commerce. The potential of full inter-operability is examined along with its likely impact. Some of the gaps in current standards are examined, with a focus on information retrieval, together with the process for filling those gaps, the interoperation of standards and overlapping standards.

VALA2000 Session 9 Ward

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Experiences with Distributed Searching

VALA 2000 CONCURRENT SESSION 9: Interoperability
Thursday 17 February 2000, 14:35 – 15:05

Nigel Ward

Senior Researcher CRC for Enterprise Distributed Systems
http://www.dstc.edu.au
NOTE: The DSTC (Distributed Systems Technology Centre) was an Australian National IT Research and Development Centre focussing on the needs of the Government, Defence, Health, Telecommunications, Finance and Education Sectors.


VALA Peer Reviewed Paper

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Abstract

The Resource Discovery Unit at the DSTC investigates techniques for improving access to information on heterogeneous networks like the Internet. Part of our research lead to the development of HotOIL – a search tool that distributes queries and collects search results from networked databases. This paper describes distributed searching as a resource discovery technique, how HotOIL implements distributed searching, and our experiences in deploying HotOIL to meet the needs of various communities.

VALA2000 Session 9 Beaumont

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ZAVIER – Wider than Libraries Deeper than the Web

VALA 2000 CONCURRENT SESSION 9: Interoperability
Thursday 17 February 2000, 15:10 – 15:40

Anne Beaumont

Application Support Co-ordinator, State Library of Victoria
http://www.slv.vic.gov.au


VALA Peer Reviewed Paper

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Abstract

“ZAVIER” stands for z39.50 Arts Victoria Interoperability Project. It was designed to demonstrate the feasibility of using z39.50 to search the databases of the major Victorian cultural organsiations – the National Gallery of Victoria, the Museum of Victoria, the State Library of Victoria, the Performing Arts Museum, Cinemedia and Public Records of Victoria. This proved technically feasible, but if success is measured by continuing life – this project would have to be considered a failure. This paper briefly outlines the project and suggests some reasons for its non-continuance.