Federated Search in an Age of Web Services
(2005) Federated Search in an Age of Web Services. Delivered at Access 2005 (2005 : Edmonton), Edmonton, Alberta (Canada). Presentation.
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Abstract
Federated Search has long been an elusive goal of the library community. Traditionally, Z39.50 tools offered the ability to perform federated searches across library catalogues and other metadata repositories. Now, with the explosion of Web Services and their associated flexibility, the creation of innovative Federated-type searching is made possible. We will discuss these issues, and present an Open Source prototype which uses Z39.50, Web Services, and REST to query a number of databases, including the CISTI catalogue, PubMed, and Amazon. This prototype also allows users to purchase books from Amazon and view full-text articles from PubMed and via CISTI's link resolver.
| Keywords: | federated search, Web services, Z29.50, AJAX, Amazon, Catalog, Content Management System, REST, Web |
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| Subjects: | H. Information sources, supports, channels. > HM. OPACs. I. Information treatment for information services > IF. Information transfer: protocols, formats, techniques. L. Information technology and library technology. > LR. OPAC systems. L. Information technology and library technology. > LS. Search engines. L. Information technology and library technology. > LK. Software methodologies and engineering. L. Information technology and library technology. > LC. Internet, including WWW. |
| ID Code: | 6828 |
| Deposited By: | Newton, Glen |
| Deposited On: | 06 August 2006 |
| Alternative Locations: | http://research-recherche.cisti-icist.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/~gnewton/events/2005/access2005/gnewtonAccess3005.pdf |
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