Metadata aggregation and "automated digital libraries": A retrospective on the NSDL experience

Proceedings of the ACM/IEEE Joint Conference on Digital Libraries

Volumn 2006, Issue , 2006, Pages 230-239

  Lagoze, Carl ^a   Krafft, Dean ^a   Cornwell, Tim ^a   Dushay, Naomi ^a   Eckstrom, Dean ^a   Saylor, John ^b  

^a Social Dynamics Laboratory   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Architecture; Interoperability; Metadata; NSDL; OAI PMH

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATED DIGITAL LIBRARIES; LOW BARRIER TECHNOLOGIES; METADATA AGGREGATION; NSDL;

AUTOMATION; COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE; COST FUNCTIONS; DIGITAL LIBRARIES; FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS; INTEROPERABILITY;

METADATA;

EID: 33748971415     PISSN: 15525996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1141753.1141804     Document Type: Conference Paper

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