Integration of complex archeology digital libraries: An ETANA-DL experience

Shen, Rao; Vemuri, Naga Srinivas; Fan, Weiguo; Fox, Edward A.

doi:10.1016/j.is.2008.02.006

Cited by 19 publications

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“…Shenton himself has taken this approach, devising the meta‐model shown in Figure 2 to highlight “elements within information‐seeking action” (Northumbria University, 2003, p. 15). Its nature would appear consistent with the principle of Shen et al (2008, p. 708) that a “domain‐specific meta‐model is a generic model, which captures aspects specific to the domain at hand”. In other situations, a diagram may initially be designed to indicate the areas covered by a particular field but, over time, it comes to be regarded as a model itself.…”

Section: The Types Of Meta‐model and Their Benefitsmentioning

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Information behaviour meta‐models

Shenton¹,

Hay-Gibson

2012

Library Review

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If you would like to write for this, or any other Emerald publication, then please use our Emerald for Authors service information about how to choose which publication to write for and submission guidelines are available for all. Please visit www.emeraldinsight.com/authors for more information. About Emerald www.emeraldinsight.comEmerald is a global publisher linking research and practice to the benefit of society. The company manages a portfolio of more than 290 journals and over 2,350 books and book series volumes, as well as providing an extensive range of online products and additional customer resources and services.Emerald is both COUNTER 4 and TRANSFER compliant. The organization is a partner of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and also works with Portico and the LOCKSS initiative for digital archive preservation. AbstractPurpose -The purpose of this paper is to explore meta-models that pertain to information behaviour. It seeks to highlight the possibilities they offer to researchers wishing to develop their own and to readers more generally interested in information behaviour literature. Design/methodology/approach -Various frameworks that may be regarded as information behaviour meta-models were examined and three separate types were identified. These are discussed in turn, with particular characteristics of individual meta-models used to illustrate the types. Findings -A meta-model is considered here to be a model that has been derived from one or more existing models. Information behaviour meta-models fall into three categories: those that unify, within one framework, disparate models/theories from a number of areas; those that integrate the fundamentals of several models which share common strands; and those that recast an established model for a particular purpose.Research limitations/implications -The extent of the typology presented in the paper is bound by the limits of the authors' endeavours in uncovering relevant meta-models. Should further meta-models be traced, it is possible that other types would also come to light. Originality/value -The work will aid the reader's understanding of how theoretical frameworks in information behaviour are developed. It will help those who study the field's literature to grasp variations in the origin of the individual models they see, by demonstrating that models may be derived from others in different ways. It will also enable readers intent on constructing their own models to understand some of the courses of action open to them.

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Section: The Types Of Meta‐model and Their Benefitsmentioning

confidence: 64%

Information behaviour meta‐models

Shenton¹,

Hay-Gibson

2012

Library Review

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“…Comments and suggestions included the possibility of a topdown specification of COs where a CO is first specified and later its components are defined and the structural validation of a CO specification regarding its conformance to a predefined XML Schema. All participants mentioned that they would be comfortable in specifying other COs with 5SGraph and that they found 5SGraph satisfactory and useful for the task of specifying COs. Later these 5SL-based specifications could be integrated with other application tools (such as code generators like 5SGen [32]) to allow customized modeling and implementation of CO-based DLs. Note that anyone interested in digital libraries and complex objects (or even multimedia integration) would benefit from our approach, mainly extending the CO concepts already mentioned, or using the theoretical 5S framework, or even exploring the 5S applications.…”

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A formal approach for the specification of digital complex objects

Toffoli

Kozievitch

Gonçalves

et al. 2013

Proceedings of the 19th Brazilian Symposium on Multimedia and the Web

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Complex objects (COs) have surged as a way to integrate different digital resources under a same logical unit in order to facilitate aggregation and reuse. However, there is still a lack of consensus on precise theoretical foundations for COs, especially regarding design and specification, which compromise their utility and integration with existing software tools. Moreover, there has been little investigation on aspects related to the modeling of COs by the end user, much due to the lack of appropriate tools for this goal. In this work, we present a new Digital Library (DL) metamodel specially designed for the CO modeling which is grounded in formal theoretical specification for COs. More specifically, our goal is two-fold: (i) to indirectly validate our CO formalization by instantiating it within a DL modeling tool5SGraph; and (ii) to investigate the difficulties of CO modeling and specification by real users using the specified metamodel. Experiments with real users indicate that the use of the metamodel and the graphical tool facilitates the understanding of the COs structure and the modeling process.

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“…However, 5S as used by Goncalves et al (2001) defined a "core" or a "minimal" DL, that is, the minimal set of components that make a DL, without which a system/application cannot be considered a DL. Its flexibility as an instrument for analyzing DL development and organization has been demonstrated in several respects (Shen et al 2008;Murthy et al 2010). Table 1 shows how 5S constructs can be employed to describe key concepts of DL such as digital objects, metadata, collections, and services.…”

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Analyzing Digital Library Initiatives: 5S Theory Perspective

Isah

Mutshewa

Serema

et al. 2014

New Review of Academic Librarianship

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This article traces the historical development of Digital Libraries (DLs), examines some DL initiatives in developed and developing countries and uses 5S Theory as a lens for analyzing the focusedDLs. The analysis shows that present-day systems, in both developed and developing nations, are essentially content and user centric, with low level digitization projects in developing countries. Also, there is a lack of interoperability among the various types of DL initiatives. The article recommends investment in DL projects, digitization of print collection, as well as the development of standards that will address the problem of interoperability among the various systems.

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Integration of complex archeology digital libraries: An ETANA-DL experience

Cited by 19 publications

References 29 publications

Information behaviour meta‐models

Information behaviour meta‐models

A formal approach for the specification of digital complex objects

Analyzing Digital Library Initiatives: 5S Theory Perspective

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