Making distributed configuration simple with the Torus Mike Taylor, Index Data

Making distributed configuration as simple as possible with the Torus Mike Taylor, Index Data

Making distributed configuration as simple as possible but no simpler with the Torus Mike Taylor, Index Data

Goals for this talk

1. Do not display any XML on the screen.

Goals for this talk 1. Do not display any XML on the screen

Goals for this talk 1. Do not display any XML on the screen Profit!

The problem Suppose you have a metasearch engine.... such as Index Data's fine pazpar2, freely available from How do you choose the target databases? How do you configure how they appear?

Candidate solutions ISO/IEC 11179? Too complex

Candidate solutions ISO/IEC 11179? Too complex UDDI? WAY too complex

Candidate solutions ISO/IEC 11179? Too complex UDDI? WAY too complex ZeeRex? Also too complex

Candidate solutions ISO/IEC 11179? Too complex UDDI? WAY too complex ZeeRex? Also too complex A theme begins to emerge...

Candidate solutions ISO/IEC 11179? Too complex UDDI? WAY too complex ZeeRex? Also too complex A theme begins to emerge... Almost everything considered harmful Almost everything considered harmful

Our shiny, new solution

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Our shiny, new solution Library of Congress Online Catalog Library Catalog z3950.loc.gov:7090/Voyager 1=1016 1=1003 1=4 1=21 1=30 MARC21 marc-8s UTF8 F

Our shiny, new solution Library of Congress Online Catalog Library Catalog z3950.loc.gov:7090/Voyager 1=1016 1=1003 1=4 1=21 1=30 MARC21 marc-8s UTF8 F

Our shiny, new solution Display Name:Library of Congress Online Catalog Categories:Library Catalog Z39.50 URL:z3950.loc.gov:7090/Voyager Term Attributes:1=1016 Author Attributes: 1=1003 Title Attributes: 1=4 Subject Attributes:1=21 Date Attributes: 1=30 Request Syntax:MARC21 Record Encoding:marc-8s Query Encoding:UTF8 Element Set:F

Target profiles are simple things Lots of other data objects are simple, too. Using a simple, flat, bag-of-fields model opens up new possibilities Translucency!

Target profiles are simple things Display Name:Library of Congress Online CatalogLC Catalog Categories:Library Catalog Z39.50 URL:z3950.loc.gov:7090/Voyager Term Attributes:1=1016 Author Attributes: 1=10031=1 Title Attributes: 1=4 Subject Attributes:1=21 Date Attributes: 1=30 Request Syntax:MARC21 Record Encoding:marc-8s Query Encoding:UTF8 Element Set:F

Translucent Record Store = TORUS

Local metasearcher

Metasearch provider

Local metasearcher Another local metasearcher Metasearch provider

Local metasearcher Another local metasearcher Metasearch provider IRSpy pool

Local metasearcher Another local metasearcher Metasearch provider IRSpy pool UK higher education pool

Local metasearcher Another local metasearcher Metasearch provider IRSpy pool UK higher education pool World higher education pool

Thanks for listening Mike Taylor, Index Data