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Cross-browsing subject gateways with the Dewey Decimal Classification in the Renardus Service

Cross-browsing subject gateways with the Dewey Decimal Classification in the Renardus Service. Michael Day UKOLN, University of Bath m.day@ukoln.ac.uk JISC Terminology Services Workshop, London, 13 February 2004. What is the Renardus service?.

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Cross-browsing subject gateways with the Dewey Decimal Classification in the Renardus Service

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  1. Cross-browsing subject gateways with the Dewey Decimal Classification in the Renardus Service Michael DayUKOLN, University of Bathm.day@ukoln.ac.uk JISC Terminology Services Workshop, London,13 February 2004

  2. What is the Renardus service? • A broker service that integrates access to European subject gateways • Developed by a research project funded 2000-2002 by the European Commission as part of the Information Society Technologies (IST) programme • Managed by participating gateways through the Renardus Consortium • Operational service hosted by Goettingen State and University Library (SUB) JISC Terminology Services Workshop, London, 13 February 2004

  3. What are subject gateways? • Discovery services that give access to high-quality Web resources: • Selective (defined criteria) • Based on resource description (metadata) • Search and browse facilities • Use subject classification for subject browsing • Many examples: • RDN (UK), EdNA Online (Australia), etc. JISC Terminology Services Workshop, London, 13 February 2004

  4. Participating gateways JISC Terminology Services Workshop, London, 13 February 2004

  5. Cross-searching • Uses the Z39.50 protocol • Renardus application profile: • Based on the Dublin Core Metadata Element Set (DCMES) • Added element: • Country • Mandatory elements: • Identifier, Title, Description, Subject … JISC Terminology Services Workshop, London, 13 February 2004

  6. Search example • Simple search for "palaeontology" • Renardus searches each participating gateway using the Z39.50 protocol • Retrieves hits from multiple gateways: • RDN (129) • Geo-Guide (123) • NOVAGate (2) • DutchESS (1) • FVL (1) • Displays results (detailed or brief) JISC Terminology Services Workshop, London, 13 February 2004

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  9. Linking to resources • The results display the URL of the described resource as a hyperlink • Users can also refer to the richer metadata record provided by the participating gateway • The level of detail varies … • Examples from DutchESS and RDN (Biome) follow … [Next two slides …] JISC Terminology Services Workshop, London, 13 February 2004

  10. [Record from participating gateway (DutchESS)] JISC Terminology Services Workshop, London, 13 February 2004

  11. [Record from participating gateway (RDN Biome)] JISC Terminology Services Workshop, London, 13 February 2004

  12. Advanced searching (1) • Search options • Simple Boolean AND/OR searching on the content of individual elements • Title, Subject, Description, Creator, DDC Classification, Document Type • Term selection help • For the elements: Title, DDC Classification, Subject and Type, a "term selection window" opens in some browsers to indicate terms that are already included in gateway indexes JISC Terminology Services Workshop, London, 13 February 2004

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  14. Advanced searching (2) • Other options: • Limit (filter) search by Document Type, Language, or Country • Display options and search timeout • Select which gateways to search JISC Terminology Services Workshop, London, 13 February 2004

  15. Cross-browsing (1) • Enhanced subject access a key part of the services offered by subject gateways • Subject gateways, however, use many different subject schemes • Some 'home-grown' • Others based on (or adapted from) standards JISC Terminology Services Workshop, London, 13 February 2004

  16. Cross-browsing (2) • Subject schemes in use within Renardus: • Nederlandse Basisclassificatie - DutchESS • AGRIS main subject categories - NOVAGate • Göttinger Online-Klassifikation (GOK) - Geo-Guide, Anglistik Guide, History Guide • DDC - parts of RDN • Universal Decimal Classification (UDC) - parts of RDN • Mathematics Subject Classification (MSC) -MathGuide • etc. JISC Terminology Services Workshop, London, 13 February 2004

  17. Cross-browsing (3) • Also much variation in the depth of browsing structure (between 1 and 5 levels), although most are shallow • Given this variety, how could browsing across the content of gateways be done in the broker service? • Answer = mapping local schemes to a universal classification scheme JISC Terminology Services Workshop, London, 13 February 2004

  18. Cross-browsing (4) • For this, the Renardus project chose the Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC): • Available online (WebDewey) • Covers all subjects, is frequently updated, has global use, etc. • Negotiated a research license from OCLC Forest Press JISC Terminology Services Workshop, London, 13 February 2004

  19. Classification mapping (1) • General approach: • Mapping to local browse system, not to individual resources • The mapping is one-way only, from the DDC to the local browsing system • Mappings move from top levels of browse structures before moving progressively down it JISC Terminology Services Workshop, London, 13 February 2004

  20. Classification mapping (2) • Mapping relationships: • Simple equivalence between terms not expected • Five mapping relationships • Fully equivalent • Narrower equivalent • Broader equivalent • Major overlap • Minor overlap JISC Terminology Services Workshop, London, 13 February 2004

  21. Classification mapping (3) • Syntax: LN (Local classification notation)LC (Local classification caption)RL (Relationship code, i.e. =, >, <, MJ, or MN)DN (DDC notation)DC (DDC caption)UR (Local browsing URL for the class)NT (Notes):RE: (Record end) JISC Terminology Services Workshop, London, 13 February 2004

  22. Classification mapping (4) • Technical solutions: • Mapping tool developed by the German CARMEN project (CarmenX) • Participating gateways provide a machine-readable version of the classification scheme in use • The tool (with WebDewey) facilitates the production of the mapping information in the correct syntax JISC Terminology Services Workshop, London, 13 February 2004

  23. [Renardus Mapping Tool] JISC Terminology Services Workshop, London, 13 February 2004

  24. Using the mapping information • In Renardus, the DDC mapping information provides: • The basis of the cross-browse feature • Information for the advanced search feature, e.g. search by DDC Classification • The DDC browse structure forms the core part of the Renardus Service Web page [Next slide …] JISC Terminology Services Workshop, London, 13 February 2004

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  26. Cross-browsing in Renardus • Based on a two-step process • first browsing within the DDC structure on the Renardus Web pages • Then linking directly to the browse structures in local gateways • Called "Browse and jump" • Interface issues • Visual inconsistency • No clear path back to Renardus from the local gateways JISC Terminology Services Workshop, London, 13 February 2004

  27. Browsing example (1) • Browsing for information on 'mineralogy': • Select "science" in first browse level • Note broader equivalent mapping to "Technology and Natural Sciences" (DEF) • Then select "chemistry" … • Again, note narrower and broader equivalents … [Next three slides …] JISC Terminology Services Workshop, London, 13 February 2004

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  31. Browsing example (2) • Then select "mineralogy" • Fully equivalent to "Mineralogy: General" in GOK (Geo-Guide), "Mineralogy" in FVL • A narrower equivalent is "Mineral paragenesis" in GOK (Geo-Guide) • Major overlap with "Mineralogie, Boden-, Gesteins- und Lagerstättenkunde" in DDB online dissertations [Next slide …] JISC Terminology Services Workshop, London, 13 February 2004

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  33. Browsing example (3) • Selecting the link takes the user to the relevant part of the browse hierarchy in the local gateway • This is known as "browse and jump" • Examples of the relevant local browse hierarchies in FVL and DDB online dissertations follow … [Next two slides …] JISC Terminology Services Workshop, London, 13 February 2004

  34. [Finnish Virtual Library] JISC Terminology Services Workshop, London, 13 February 2004

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  36. Navigational support (1) • Need for additional navigational support in large browsing structures • Renardus developed some experimental features: • Searching for an start page • Graphical navigation overview • Merge JISC Terminology Services Workshop, London, 13 February 2004

  37. Navigational support (2) • Finding a different start-page • It is possible to find a different page in the browse structure, by entering a term in the search box available on each browsing page • This takes you to a results page that links to the HTML and graphical overview versions of the Renardus browse hierarchy [Next three slides …] JISC Terminology Services Workshop, London, 13 February 2004

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  41. Navigational support (3) • Graphical Navigation Overview • Gives a 'fisheye' view of the DDC browse hierarchy • Allows users to see the browse term (highlighted in red) together with related terms in surrounding classes • Terms with content (highlighted in blue) link to the relevant page in the Renardus browse hierarchy [Next slide …] JISC Terminology Services Workshop, London, 13 February 2004

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  43. Navigational support (3) • Merge • A short cut to viewing individual resource descriptions from all related collections • Similar to "DDC Classification" search in advanced search feature [Next two slides …] JISC Terminology Services Workshop, London, 13 February 2004

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  46. Issues • Usability of broker: • Interface consistency • Navigation in large structures • Maintenance issues: • Maintenance of mappings (subject gateways are always changing) • Maintenance of links to browse hierarchy in each gateway (e.g., when gateways restructure) JISC Terminology Services Workshop, London, 13 February 2004

  47. Future developments • Multilinguality • Because DDC has been translated into many languages, it is possible to add other language versions of the browse system into Renardus • Successfully implemented in the Renardus testbed • Automatic classification • Support for mapping process JISC Terminology Services Workshop, London, 13 February 2004

  48. More information on Renardus: • Renardus Service:http://www.renardus.org/ • Traugott Koch, Heike Neuroth & Michael Day, "Renardus: cross-browsing European subject gateways via a common classification system (DDC)," Subject retrieval in an networked world, OCLC, Dublin, Ohio, August 2001:http://www.lub.lu.se/~traugott/drafts/preifla-final.html JISC Terminology Services Workshop, London, 13 February 2004

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