1. ETANA-DL (Electronic Tools and Near Eastern Archives Digital Library)
AIA 106th Annual Meeting, Boston, Jan. 2005
ETANA-DL (Electronic Tools and Near Eastern Archives Digital Library)
Edward A. Fox, Virginia Tech
James W. Flanagan, Case Western Reserve U.

2. Problems Delay in publication of primary archaeological data
Lack of sustainable solutions to long-term preservation of valuable information
Lack of services useful to the archaeology community, including “traditional DL services”
Difficulty in understanding complex archaeological information systems
Difficulty in requirements elicitation for archaeological systems
Interoperability among heterogeneous archaeological systems

3. Solution – our approach
Applying and extending Digital Library (DL) techniques to solve the following problems: making primary data available, data preservation, and interoperability
Modeling archaeological information systems using 5S theory to better understand the domain and design the system and the supporting services
Rapidly prototyping DLs that handle heterogeneous archaeological data using componentized frameworks: eliciting requirements, providing useful services

4. Archaeological Digital Library Applies and extends the OAI-PMH
ETANA-DL
Archaeological Digital Library
Applies and extends the OAI-PMH
Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Handling
Design considerations
Componentized
Distributed architecture
Extensible
Portable

5. Number of records harvested
Heterogeneous data handling
Site
Artifact Type
Original data source
Number of records harvested
Bab edh-Dhra’
Pottery
cp6 database file
786
Lahav
Figurine
Tab-delimited text file
563
Madaba
Locus field record
Tables in Access DB
Mozan
Publication
PDF files 19
Nimrin
Bone field record
Table in Oracle DB
7419
Seed field record
429
2101
Umayri
2 tables in Access DB
2122
Total
18404
The record in color are the records harvested since last year.

6. ETANA-DL
Canned Demo

7. ETANA-DL Searching Service

8. ETANA-DL Multi-dimensional Browsing
3 new sites
2 new types of artifacts

9. ETANA-DL Visual Browsing Service
Visual Browse
By site

10. Visual Browsing Nimrin: Topographical Drawings
Square:
N40/W20
Full site
North west quadrant

11. Visual Browsing Nimrin : Square information
N40/W20
Locus: 86
Loci layout

12. Visual Browsing Nimrin : locus sheet

13. Visual Browsing Bab edh-Dhra' Cemetery
Pottery # 25

14. Visual Browsing Bab edh-Dhra' Cemetery
Pottery # 25

15. 5S Archaeological DL Modeling
Modeling archaeological information systems
using the 5S theory
to better understand the domain and
design the system and the supporting services

16. A Minimal DL in the 5S Framework
Streams
Structures
Spaces
Scenarios
Societies
Structured Stream
Structural Metadata Specification
services
Descriptive Metadata Specification
indexing
browsing
searching
hypertext
Digital Object
Metadata Catalog
Collection
Repository
Minimal DL

17. A Minimal ArchDL in the 5S Framework
Streams
Structures
Spaces
Scenarios
Societies
indexing
browsing
searching
services
hypertext
Structured Stream
Descriptive Metadata specification
ArchDO
ArchObj
ArchColl
SpaTemOrg
StraDia
Arch Descriptive Metadata specification
Minimal ArchDL
Arch Metadata catalog
ArchDColl
ArchDR

18. Modeling ETANA-DL – An Archaeological DL Meta-model
Text
Video
Audio
*Site
*Sub-partition
*Container
*Artifact
*Locus
Region
Taxonomies
Temporal
Artifact-specific
Space model
Structure
model
Metadata
Drawing
Photo 3D
Stream
*Partition
Society model
Archaeologist
General public
Geographic space
Service Manager
Information Satisfaction
Value added
Repository building
Scenario
Services
Domain specific
User interface
Metric space
Spatial

19. Modeling ETANA-DL – ETANA Model
*Field
*Pail
*Bone
*Locus
Jordan
Taxonomies
Space model
Structure
model
Field record,
locus sheet
Figurine image
(photo)
Stream
Umayri
Society model
Archaeologist
Generic public
Site-specific
coordinate system
Web interface
Vector space
ETANA-DL
Service Manager
Searching, Browsing
Annotation, binding
Harvesting, Converting
Scenario
Services
Object comparison,
marking item for analysis
Archaeological
periods
Bone type
Seed species
*Square
*Figurine
*Quadrant
*Bag
Jordan Valley
Nimrin
*Basket
Southern Israel
Halif
*Area
*Seed
Site/field plan (drawing)
Preliminary/Final Report (application/pdf)
Spatial

20. 5SGraph: A DL Modeling Tool
Overall objective of 5SGraph:
Help users model their own instances of a digital library (DL) in the 5S language (5SL).
A simple modeling process which enables rapid generation of digital libraries is needed.
Support non-expert users.
Speed-up development process.
Increase the quality of final product.

21. Goals of 5SGraph
To help digital library designers understand the 5S model quickly and easily
To help digital library designers build their own digital libraries without difficulty
To help digital library designers transform their models into 5SL files automatically
To help digital library designers understand, maintain, and upgrade existing digital library models conveniently

22. 5SGraph How does 5SGraph work?
5SGraph loads and displays a metamodel in a structured toolbox.
The structured editor of 5SGraph provides a top-down visual environment for the DL designer.
5SGraph produces correct 5SL files according to the visual model built by the designer.

23. Overview of 5SGraph Workspace (instance model) Structured toolbox
Dr. Fox, please unzip the 5SArchGraph.zip,
Then double click run.bat under “5SGraph” foled.
1. open metamodel file “ArchDL_MetaModel_v0.xml” under “5SGraph\inputFiles”
2. Open model file “VirtualNimrin.xml” under “5SGraph\inputFlies”
Structured
toolbox
(metamodel)

24. Stream Model

25. Structure Model

26. Space Model

27. Scenario Model

28. Society Model

29. The World According to OAI
Service Providers
Discovery
Current
Awareness
Preservation
harvesting
Metadata
Data Providers

30. Data and Service Providers
Data Providers
possess metadata and share it (internally / externally)
via well-defined OAI protocols (e.g., database servers)
Service Providers
harvest data from Data Providers
provide higher-level services to users
(e.g., search engines)
Who will fit where in ETANA-DL?
Data Provider – YOUR PROJECT
Service Provider – ETANA-DL

31. Why be an OAI Provider Speed up publication Long-term preservation
Do not need to worry about providing services

32. How to be an OAI Provider
Requirements
Perl
Web server with ability to run CGI scripts
Download OAI-XMLFile-2.1.tar.gz from
Extract the files into a directory from which CGI scripts may be run
gunzip OAI-XMLFile-2.1.tar.gz
tar –xvf OAI-XMLFile-2.1.tar

33. How to be an OAI Provider (Cont.)
Want your pottery collection be an OAI data provider?
Create a director “mySitePottery” under ‘OAI-XMLFile-2.1/XMLFile’
Copy the contents in test5 directory to “mySitePottery” directory
Modify the config.xml under ‘OAI-XMLFile-2.1/XMLFile/mySitePottery’

34. <?xml version="1.0" ?> …
<repositoryName> pottery repository name</repositoryName>
<admin > </admin >
<archiveId> pottery Archive ID </archiveId>
<recordlimit>500</recordlimit>
<datadir> directory of pottery XML collection </datadir>
<metadata>
<prefix> prefix of pottery repository </prefix>
<namespace> namespace of your schema </namespace>
<schema> location of your XML file schema </schema>
</metadata>
</xmlfile>

35. Apply the 5S Framework in Integrating Archaeological DLs
Architecture of a Union DL
Union Catalog Integration
Union Services Automation

36. Clustering, Visualization
Architecture of a Union DL
DL1
Union DL
DL2
   
Archaeologists
General Public
Union Society
 
archaeologists
Society
 
General Public
Society
Union Service
Service
Service
Harvesting, Mapping,
Searching, Browsing,
Clustering, Visualization
Searching
Browsing
Union
Catalog
Catalog1
Catalog2
Union
Repository
Repository1
Repository2

37. Union Catalog Integration
Mapping
Tool
VN Metadata
Format
Union
Catalog VN
Catalog
Virtual Nimrin
(VN)
Wrapper
Global Metadata
Format HD
Catalog
Halif DigMaster
(HD)
Wrapper
HD Metadata
Format
Mapping
Tool

38. Visualizing Components
Visual Mapping Tool Architecture
Visualizing Components
Composite Mapper
Mapper1
Mapper2
Mapper3
Mapper4

39. Visual Mapping Tool
Demo

40. To invoke the mapping tool:
local schema
global schema
To invoke the mapping tool:
Double click the “run.bat” under the fold “schemamapper” which is extracted from schemapper.zip
File Open: “cemetery.xsd” under the fold “schemamapper” which is extracted from schemapper.zip
a local schema will display on the left
File Open: “etana1.1..xsd” under the fold “schemamapper” which is extracted from schemapper.zip
a global schema will display on the right

41. Mapping recommendation
1. left click element “Collection” on the local schema, then the tool will recommend a mapped element displayed in different color (orange?) on the global schema

42. A mapping history will display at the bottom of the window
Mapping confirmation
left click the suggested element on the global schema to confirm the mapping, then two mapped elements will display in the same color (pink?)
A mapping history will display at the bottom of the window
remove mapping: you can right click the element on the local schema, right click then click “Removing Mapping”
Mapping history

43. No recommendation for “Tomb_Area”
left click “Tomb_Area” element in the global schema, there is no mapping suggestion. Then the user needs to do the mapping
No recommendation for “Tomb_Area”

44. User select an element “PARTITION” on the global schema to do the mapping
The mapping has be done by displaying the two nodes in the same color (pink?)
User-decided mapping

45. 5SLGen 5SSuite 5SGraph c Requirements (1) Analysis (2)
Meta
Model
5SGraph DL
Expert
Designer
5SL
5SLGen
Practitioner
Researcher
Tailored
Services
Teacher c
omponent
pool
ODLSearch,
ODLBrowse,
ODLRate,
ODLReview,
…….
Requirements (1)
Analysis (2)
Implementation (4)
Design (3)
5SSuite
5SGraph
5SGen
Mapping Tool

46. ETANA-DL Metadata Format
ArchDL Expert
5S Archaeology
MetaModel
ArchDL Designer
5SGraph
Structure
Sub-model
VN Metadata Format
HD Metadata Format
Scenario
Sub-model
ETANA-DL Metadata Format
Harvesting
description VN
Catalog VN
Catalog
Mapping Tool
Mapping
description
Wrapper4VN
Wrapper4HD
Inverted Files
Browsing
description
XOAI
Search
Service
Web Interface
Index
Union
Catalog …
Browse DB
Index
Browse
Service
Component
Pool
5SGen
Services DB
Other
ETANA-DL
Services
Browsing
XOAI …

47. Conclusions Working on 5S book … See http://feathers.dlib.vt.edu/
Thanks to NSF ITR IIS !
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