Contents and Formats Existing Digital Sources Gertraud Griepke Cornell University, July 26th 2002
Who are our customers and what do they want? Readers Enhanced content –critical mass –multimedia, more color, additional data Enhanced functionality –powerful search, alerting Seamless access –ubiquitous access to past and present Powerful links –abstracts to full text –reference linking Authors Quality imprint –journal brand –stamp of authority –improved visibility –long term visibility –accessibility different portals different places different environments
Librarians` wish list for e-journals includes: Services arranged around vertical subject areas Services with critical mass of journals Seamless linking from aggregator and A&I services to full text from a variety of publishers Single, user-friendly interface (preferably the library’s interface) Streamlined admin solutions + usage statistics Better value for money E-only access - but…. –archive assurances and standards Who are our customers and what do they want?
Some Tricky Issues Free Stuff (vs access control) Usage data Digital archiving policy
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Material to be Digitized
Data Management Digital Production Process Supplier Management Workflow Management Content Management Project Management Quality Management
Data Management Data Management Workflow Management Content Management Project Management Quality Management Supplier Management Formats: TEX, PDF,PS Metadata and content data Structuring („Tagging“) Media neutrality
Workflow Management Data Management Workflow Management Content Management Project Management Quality Management Supplier Management Processing Conversion Automatization Interfaces - input / output
Content Management Data Management Workflow Management Content Management Project Management Quality Management Supplier Management DTD Style files Information /Object models Archiving
Electronic Data Check Routines Syntax Completeness Integrity of filenames Parsing majour SGML data Check metadata Check pairs of SGML/PDF
Processing Input Output Various Workflows RTF TeX Camera ready Books Archive Journals Software Special Cases Normali- zation Content Processing
Designing the Information Model Article++ DTD Based on XML (possible XML Schema) Consolidation of all Springer DTD‘s Model for a complete issue („Cover2Cover“) „High Level“ structures Simplified and uniform metadata
Analysis and Optimization of Workflows Workshops Reducing the number of workflows Reducing complexity „Top down“ modeling Preceding and subsequent processes Lifecycle definition based on a state model „Use case“ analysis
Information Model for Journals
Article++ DTD Article Level
Quality Management Data Management Workflow Management Content Management Project Management Quality Management Supplier Management Data consistency Process consistency Content consistency
Value Added in Production Articles online before print Publication of electronic issues Linking – CrossRef – Errata – Further publications of publisher Electronic supplementary material
Link from Erratum to Article
Link from Article to Erratum
Supplementary Material
Link Enabled References
Link Enabled References to Abstracts
Online before Print Electronic Proofs – HTML – PDF – Illustrations – Equations, Formulas – Special characters
Publication of Electronic Issues Cover to cover ? – Research papers – Other editorial material – Advertisements Table of contents
Links to Further Publications Encyclopedic works Online databases and much more !!!
Services Editorial tracking system Content management – Data delivery – Archiving / Retrieval
Technical Requirements Media neutrality Standardization Automatization Data consistency
Information Model for Books
Book Series as Monographs
Book Series as Monographs:LNM
Book Series as Monographs
Organizational Aspects (Company / Partners) Communication Cooperation Change Management
Summary