Interoperability: the value of recombinant potential Lorcan Dempsey VP Research and Chief Strategist ARLIS 2004, New York, April 2004

Overview MARC MARC-XML, MODS, Dublin Core, Onix, IEEE LOM, VRA Core, … EAD, TEI, DC, MARC METS, SCORM, DIDL, … DDI, FGDC,... MARC AMC, EAD, DC, RSLP, … RDF, OWL, SKOS, … NCIP, ISO-ILL, … OAI, RSS, ATOM, … OAIS, METS, OCLC/RLG, … Z39.50, SRW/U, Xquery, … SOAP, WSDL, UDDI, REST, … GIF, TIFF, PNG, JPEG, … XML, XSLT, … DDC, LCSH, LCC, TGN, AAT, … PURL, DOI, ISTC, URN, Info- URI, … XRML,ODRL,.. GIF, TIFF, PNG, JPEG, …

Interoperability as recombinant potential Can I –navigate across several databases by subject, by name, by place, by resource type, by educational level? –add a document to a repository? –add a repository to a distributed query? –fuse metadata from one database with another? –assemble these resources into a learning package? –embed an interactive service in my exhibition, my reading list, my campus portal? –ingest a content package into an archive? –take a content package out of an archive in 10 years time? –cite a document in a repository? –bring resources into my own workspace? With –as little custom work as possible –as little precoordinated agreement as possible

Interoperability is an economic issue Extract maximum value from investment in –Data (metadata and content) –Services By ensuring that they are –Sharable –Reusable –Recombinable

Interoperability is an economic issue Allow users focus on productive use of learning and research resources rather than on the messy mechanics of interaction. Allow resource managers develop routine approaches.

Licensed collections New aggregations Virtual reference user environments resource environment Library service environment Institutional repository Digitized collections E-reserve Catalog Personal collections exhibitions PDAs learning management systems campus portal course material text book new scholarly resources reading lists

Simple descriptive metadata Element set Information model Encoding Values Application profile FRBR INDECS CIDOC MARC DC VRA Core MODS AACR2 LCSH… Names XML ISO2709 RDF

Simple Description ItemCollections Dublin Core RSLP OAI set record TEI VRA Core ONIX MARC 8 CSDGM Item metadata Collection level metadata More simple Less simple

A portal example Common services Content services Application services Presentation services I need a few references

Common services Content services Application services Presentation services authentication

Common services Content services Application services Presentation services Directory: user profile

Common services Content services Application services Presentation services Query broker

Common services Content services Application services Presentation services Directory: service description

Common services Content services Application services Presentation services Content: results list

Id like to get this book. Common services Content services Application services Presentation services Request broker

Common services Content services Application services Presentation services Directory: ILL policy

Common services Content services Application services Presentation services Directory: service description

Common services Content services Application services Presentation services Content: circ/ILL system

I need this article too. Application architecture Common services Content services Application services Presentation services Request broker

Common services Content services Application services Presentation services openURL resolver

Common services Content services Application services Presentation services Directory: local knowledge base

Common services Content services Application services Presentation services Directory: service description

Common services Content services Application services Presentation services Content: article

Directory: ILL policy Common services Content services Application services Presentation services Authentication Directory: user profile Query broker Directory: service description Reference db Request broker Circ/ILL system OpenURL resolver Directory: local knowledge base Article db

Some important areas Item metadata –MARC –DC –IEEE-LOM –VRA-core –MODS Content packages –SCORM –METS –MPEG 21 DIDL Hierarchical description –EAD Text markup –TEI

Some important areas Sharing data –OAI –RSS Identifiers Query –Z39.50 –SRW/U Reference linking –OpenURL Controlled vocabs –Topics –Names –Places

An institutional perspective High acronymic density a source of bewilderment Makers and takers State of the art keeps receding over the horizon Does balkanization leads to sub- optimal approaches?

Thank you! Lorcan Dempsey