Generating content and display of library catalogue cards using XML technology

Vidaković, Jovana; Racković, Miloš

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“…In the work ( Jakšić, 2004), it is shown that UNIMARC format, as well as the bibliographic record within the UNIMARC format, can be described by the XMLSchema language. The generation of catalogue cards based on the XML bibliographic record is described in the paper (Vidaković and Racković, 2006). Quality control of the XML bibliographic records in the UNIMARC format is described in the paper (Budimir and Surla, 2004).…”

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XML editor for UNIMARC and MARC 21 cataloguing

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Surla²

2009

The Electronic Library

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Purpose -The purpose of this paper is to model and implement an extensible markup language (XML)-based editor for library cataloguing. The editor model should support data input in the form of free text with interactive control of structure and content validity of records specified in the UNIMARC and MARC 21 formats. The editor is implemented in the Java programming language in the form of a software package. Design/methodology/approach -The unified modelling language (UML 2.0) is used for the specification of both the information requirements and the model architecture. The object oriented methodology is used for design and implementation of the software packages, as well as the corresponding CASE tools. Findings -The result is an editor for UNIMARC and MARC 21 cataloguing. The editor is based on the XML technologies by which the two basic characteristics are achieved as follows: a possibility of integrating the editor into different library software systems and, moving to another format requires only the changes of the module for bibliographic record data control. Research limitations/implications -A basic limitation of the system is related to the subsystem that controls validation of the bibliographic records and its expansion for work with other bibliographic formats. In the proposed solution, a part of the control of data input is included into the implementation itself and it is related to the UNIMARC format. That is, a part of data by which the control is done, such as repeatability of the record elements and the codebooks, is contained in the XML document of the format that is input information in the editor. However, the control that is related to validation of the format of content in record elements cannot be performed for any other format without modification in the implementation. Therefore, the research could be continued by considering the separation of data used for content control as input information for the application. In that way, this segment would also become implementation independent. One of the solutions should be extending the XML document of the format by this data. Some other solution should mean creating a totally separate system for the content validation. Moreover, the proposed editor supports processing of a bibliographic record only in the UNIMARC and MARC 21 formats. Processing of records in other formats requires considerable changes in the model. Practical implications -The model of a new editor is developed on the basis of the experience and needs of electronic management in city and special libraries. Based on the given model a new editor is implemented and integrated into the BISIS software system used by the mentioned libraries. Testing and verification are performed on the bibliographic records of the public city libraries. Originality/value -The contribution of this work is in the system architecture that is based on the XML documents and is independent of the bibliographic format. The XML document that contains data about the bibliographic format represents the editor ...

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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XML editor for UNIMARC and MARC 21 cataloguing

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2009

The Electronic Library

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“…In the paper [3], it is shown that UNIMARC format, as well as the bibliographic record within the UNIMARC format, can be described by the XMLSchema language. The generation of catalogue cards based on the XML bibliographic record is described in the paper [4]. Quality control of the XML bibliographic records in the UNIMARC format is described in the paper [5].…”

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Model of a user friendly system for library cataloguing

Belic¹,

Surla

2008

COMSIS J

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Aim of the research is to model the system for cataloguing in the UNIMARC format which does not require specific knowledge of cataloguing formats. The Unified Modeling Language (UML 2.0) is used for the specification of both the information requirements and the architecture model of system for cataloguing. The research finding is a model of system for cataloguing in UNIMARC format by which authors themselves can process their bibliographic entries without knowing UNIMARC format. Bibliographic records formed in this way can be further processed according to adopted standards by librarians. Limitation of research results lies in the additional modeling of graphic user interface for the purpose of changing input data set of library documents. This limitation can be surpassed by specifying the input data set which would be used for automatic generation of appropriate user interface. The specification could be realized by means of XML Schema language. Practical usage of the research findings is the basic for the implementation of a Web application intended for the creation of electronic catalogues and bibliographies of researchers and scientific institutions. Integration of the catalogue into BISIS makes it publicly available through a standard user interface for searching bibliographic records on the Internet. In addition that application could be integrated into various librarian software systems. The contribution of this work is in the model architecture of the system for cataloguing in the UNIMARC format. User interface (described by use case diagrams) is connected with object model of UNIMARC format. According to that, any change or addition of new input data set of library documents requires only the change of use case diagrams which describe user interface while the rest of the model remains the same.

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“…A master thesis [5] includes modelling and implementation of an UNIMARC format XML editor. Modelling of bibliographic cataloguing cards using XML technology, based on XML bibliographic records, is shown in [6] Concepts and contents of various cataloguing cards are described using XML schema language. A quality control system for bibliographic records based on XML schema modelling and XSLT and XPath programming languages are described in [7].…”

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Bibliographic records editor in XML native environment

Škrbić

Surla

2007

Softw Pract Exp

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In this paper, we examine the possibilities of XML native database usage in the construction of library information systems. We describe modelling and implementation of an editor designed for the processing of bibliographic matter in the form of UNIMARC XML bibliographic records. Modelling processes are described using UML notation. Java programming language and Tamino XML native database environment are used for the implementation of the editor.One way to overcome these weaknesses is to model bibliographic records as XML documents and to use an XML native database to store and retrieve them. Being an information system based on documents, using XML as the data model in library information system has several benefits. Because of their hierarchical structure, XML documents are suitable for the representation of bibliographic records, which also have hierarchical structure. Modelling hierarchical structures using relational data model causes difficulties in the data modelling process as well as in the data retrieval process, as mentioned before. In addition, web services, as a modern data exchange technology, are based on XML. Data exchange between libraries using this technology is wide spread. As we will describe later, XML bibliographic records conform to the XML bibliographic records schema, so they can be exchanged via web services as they are, without any need for additional processing. Lastly, we propose an idea to use XML technologies to parameterize an application with an XML schema. In case the data structure that the application operates on changes, the application does not need to be modified, only the new XML schema has to be specified.We also describe modelling and implementation of an XML bibliographic records editor created using XML technologies. This editor is intended for the processing of XML bibliographic records that conform to the UNIMARC standard and are described by the XML bibliographic records schema. That XML schema parameterizes the editor, so that it can work with any XML bibliographic records schema that conforms to the UNIMARC format. For the purposes of modelling, we use UML (Unified Modelling Language), while the implementation is done using Java environment and Tamino XML native database.First, we describe some related work in this area. After that, we give a short description of the XML native database technology. The next section is concerned with the UNIMARC format and its representation in XML technology. The main part of the paper is a detailed description of modelling and implementation of the bibliographic records editor. At the end, we give the conclusion. RELATED WORKXML technologies are intensively used in all the fields where structured documents in electronic form need to be described. XML is suitable for the modelling of library standards for bibliographic records because they have hierarchical structure. There are a number of projects that include research related to the application of XML technologies in librarianship.The basis of the Medlane project undertaken by t...

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Generating content and display of library catalogue cards using XML technology

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XML editor for UNIMARC and MARC 21 cataloguing

XML editor for UNIMARC and MARC 21 cataloguing

Model of a user friendly system for library cataloguing

Bibliographic records editor in XML native environment

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