Post on 27-Mar-2015
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Science & CultureDeveloping a Knowledge Site in Distributed
Information Environments
OAI-ForumBath, September 5th, 2003
Ann BordaAlpay BelerNick Wyatt
Science MuseumLondon UK
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Science & Culture 1 Large scale internet project funded by the New Opportunities
Fund (Lottery funding) National Museum of Science & Industry (NMSI)
– the Science Museum (London)– Science and Society Picture Library (London)– National Railway Museum (York)– National Museum of Photography, Film & Television
(Bradford) Audience – life long learners
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Science & Culture 2 Aim of the website:
– to make a rich quantity of material & collections accessible, – to contextualise through intelligent display, searching
(resource discovery) and relational linking. – to develop user-focused activities and personalisation tools
that are supported by these resources
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Science & Culture 3
Sourced content:– 40,000 digitised images and accompanying text
records– 30,000 library records– 10,000 object records – 50 narrative topics
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Issues Different types/functions of legacy systems
Different data standards and platforms in use Diffuse coordination of 'repurposable' content Mix of non-networked and networked systems Varied database connectivity Costs and time in upgrading and configuration
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Source Systems OverviewLocation Source
Database Function Type of System
National Railway Museum (York)
iBase Image management Microsoft Data Engine (MSDE) v. 7.
National Museum of Photography, Film & Television (Bradford)
iBase Image management Microsoft Data Engine (MSDE) v. 7.
Science Museum – Science and Society Picture Library (London)
Capture Picture library database File Maker Pro + C++
Science Museum (London)
MultiMIMSY 2000
Collections management Oracle 8.0 running on a Microsoft Windows 2000 server.
Science Museum Library (London)
Unicorn Library management C/ISAM (Informix) with BRS-Search running on SunOS5.7 (Solaris 7).
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Primary Records
Library (Unicorn) – AACR2, Marc21Object (MultiMimsy) – SpectrumImage records
– Capture (SSPL) – local guidelines– Ibase (NRM) – local guidelines– Ibase (NMPFT) – local guidelines
Images
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Cataloguing
Agreed definitions of DC elements Agreed list of qualifiers Core fields for export NMSI-wide image cataloguing
guidelines Procedures for cataloguing objects Cataloguing standards document
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Authority Control
Importance Authority fields People – authorised name, normalised name, dates,
biography etc. Authority lists for
– people – organisations – places – events/periods
On-going process
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Data Mapping
Agreed mappings to DC elements Need for concatenation, e.g. names Matching with authority files Linking to other record types Mapping table Need for vigilance & checking
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‘Interim’ Database The logical design would focus on:
Simplicity and efficiency of retrieval of informationOptimisation and consistency of information
NOT a cataloguing database a collection point for data DC fields as primary data structure enable data ‘normalisation’ export as DC fields in XML wrapper end-purpose to populate the web CMS
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Export Formats
Location Source Database Export
National Railway Museum(York)
iBase XML
National Museum ofPhotography, Film &Television (Bradford)
iBase XML
Science Museum – Scienceand Society Picture Library(London)
Capture CSV
Science Museum (London) MultiMIMSY 2000 XMLScience Museum Library(London)
Unicorn Tab delimited
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XML RECORD- <dcschema xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="D:\NOF\dcschema.xsd">- <dc_record> <dc_identifier>1980-108</dc_identifier>- <dc_creator1> <name>Coster, Salomon, d. 1659</name> <role>maker</role> </dc_creator1> <dc_relation relationType="Object">T/1980-108</dc_relation> <dc_relation relationType="Image">TIM100282</dc_relation> <dc_relation relationType="Image">10326522</dc_relation> <dc_subject subjectType="Controlled">pendulum clock</dc_subject> <dc_type>physical object | text</dc_type> <dc_format>text | xml</dc_format> <dc_title>’Haagsche Klokje’, pendulum clock, c. 1657.</dc_title> <dc_description>This clock by Salomon Coster (d. 1659) of the Netherlands is one of theearliest pendulum clocks ever made. The Dutch scientist Christiaan Huygens (1629-1693)designed the first successful pendulum clock in 1656. He worked with Coster, anexperienced clockmaker, to apply his new invention to commercial use. In 1657 Huygenshad the patent protecting his invention assigned to Coster, but sadly Coster died suddenlyin 1659 after producing only a few pendulum clocks. This is one of only seven pendulumclocks made by Coster known to have survived. The application of the pendulum clock totimekeeping during the scientific revolution of the 17
th century was arguably the most
fundamental advance in the history of time measurement.</dc_description> <dc_date_created>c. 1657</dc_date_created> <dc_subject_broad2>Time Measurement</dc_subject_broad2> <dc_cover_spatial>World > Europe > Netherlands > The Hague</dc_cover_spatial> <dc_language>en</dc_language> <audit_ok_for_nof>true</audit_ok_for_nof> </dc_record>
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Image management 3 image management systems need to reference image files with the text records text records to retain ‘mapped’ reference to image
files upon export ability to process TIFF images to JPEGs for web
Solution: Interim database back-end is an iBase system to
handle image relationships & processes
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Metadata & resource discovery
Common metadata set
Common syntax
Consistency of content
Dublin Core
XML/DOM/Common validation
Rules for contentCommon approachCataloguing rules
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Digitisation Infrastructure
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Web Content Management System (CMS)
COM database MS based architecture & server platform specified to handle XML and DC elements ability to handle metadata from the interim database. ability to manage relationships
ability to handle image references and image files
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Ingenious Site
Subject relatedResources
Subject relatedDebate
T OPIC 1See separate
structure
T OPIC 2
SUBJECT S(Editorial)
READ
UserRegistration
DebateDebate List
DEBAT E
Im agesLibrary records
ObjectsResources
SEARCH(Subject
Categories)
SEE
UserRegistration
M y Lightbox M y Gallery M y Links
CREATE
HOM E
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Topic Structure
Core Topic Text
Activity
“Relevance Toolbar”
Biography
Voices
Unusual Takes
Glossary
Debate
Related Images
Related Stories
Related Library
Records
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Collection Level Description
DC & RSLP CLD elements used Allows consistency for searching Overall CLD for whole site Subject Level CLD Topic Level & Topic Part CLD
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Site CLD<META NAME="DC.Title" CONTENT="Ingenious">
<META NAME="DC.Description" CONTENT="This site makes connections between people, innovations and ideas. It contains images and other resources illustrating human endeavour and development from the Science Museum, National Railway Museum and National Museum of Photography, Film & Television. Subjects and topics put these images in context, giving historical and cultural insights on current issues in science, technology and medicine.">
<META NAME="DC.Rights" CONTENT="http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/copyright/copyright.asp">
<META NAME="DC.Creator" CONTENT="Science Museum | National Railway Museum | National Museum of Photography, Film & Television">
<META NAME="DC.Publisher" CONTENT="National Museum of Science & Industry">
<META NAME="DC.Language" CONTENT="en-uk">
<META NAME="DC.Type.category" CONTENT="collection">
<META NAME="DC.Format" CONTENT="text/html">
<META NAME="DC.Date.created" CONTENT="2003”>
<META NAME="DC.Identifier" CONTENT="http://193.71.79.113/">
<META NAME="DC.Subject.LCSH" CONTENT="Culture | Science | Technology | Medicine | Photography | Transport | Railroads | Industries | History">
<META NAME="DC.Relation.HasPart" CONTENT="sacsub01 | sacsub02 | sacsub03 | sacsub04 | sacsub05 | sacsub06 | sacsub07 | sacsub08 | sacsub09 | sacsub10 | sacsub11 | sacsub12">
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SEARCH - Subject Metadata
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Topic metadata<!-- DC begin --><META NAME="DC.Title" CONTENT="Home and away; ">
<META NAME="DC.Identifier" CONTENT="sacsub04; ">
<META NAME="DC.Description" CONTENT=" ; ">
<META NAME="DC.Format" CONTENT="text/html">
<META NAME="Robots" CONTENT="all">
<META NAME="DC.Language" CONTENT="en-uk">
<META NAME="DC.Type.category" CONTENT="collection">
<META NAME="DC.Creator" CONTENT="; ">
<META NAME="DC.Date.Created" CONTENT="2003">
<META NAME="CLD:hasLocation" CONTENT="; ">
<META NAME="DC:Subject.SAC" CONTENT="Home and away; ">
<META NAME="DC:Subject.Broad2" CONTENT="Cinematography & Film | Entertainment | Photography | Photography: Equipment | Radio | Sound Reproduction & Acoustics | Television | Computing & Data Processing | Clothing | Domestic Life & Household Management | Firemaking | Lighting | Social & Economic Life | Sports & Pastimes | Building Construction & Architecture | Civil Engineering | Firefighting | Plastics ; ">
<META NAME="DC:Subject.Keywords" CONTENT="; ">
<META NAME="DC.Rights" CONTENT="http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/copyright/copyright.asp">
<META NAME="CLD:Owner" CONTENT="National Museum of Science & Industry">
<META NAME="DCQ:hasPublication" CONTENT="sactopic19 | sactopic20 | sactopic21 | sactopic22; ">
<META NAME="DCQ:isPartOf" CONTENT="Ingenious; ">
<META NAME="CLD:isDescriptionOf" CONTENT="NMSI Digitised resources; "><!-- DC end -->
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Sustainability - Present Conform to future standards (e.g. Dublin Core) Repurposable data in an XML wrapper: ‘Create
once and use many’ Customisable according to needs Ability to share data across organisations Multiple platform delivery: different channels Community building
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Science & Culture - Repurposing
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Future - Semantic Web
Search Engines
Knowledge ManagementSystems & Applications
HTML WebPages
Agents
MetadataDublin CoreRDF SchemaXML
Resource DiscoveryServices
Information Retrieval
Taxonomies
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Future – Creating Communities Interest groups linked to subject hierarchies Groups generate knowledge Knowledge added to existing “formal data” Taps into “informal” knowledge
– unwritten– oral– practical
The nature of knowledge on the site changes
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Presented by
Ann Borda, NOF Project ManagerA.Borda@nmsi.ac.uk
Alpay Beler, NOF IS ArchitectA.Beler@nmsi.ac.uk
Nick Wyatt, NOF Metadata ArchitectN.Wyatt@nmsi.ac.uk
Science Museum, London