Workshop on XML-Based Library Applications

1. Workshop on XML-Based Library Applications 3. XML and INNOPAC Hong Kong University of Science & Technology Library

2. Overview • Native XML Data Storage? • Rumored for the future • Possibly along with storing records in Unicode • Data Exchange • Currently, the INNOPAC mainly uses XML for exchanging data with other systems & applications Hong Kong University of Science & Technology Library

3. Serials E-Checkin • Automation of check-in operations • Accepts XML records from serials vendors and e-journal publishers • XML data is converted to MARC format Hong Kong University of Science & Technology Library

4. XML Harvester • Harvests EAD records • EAD = “Encoded Archival Description”(DTD) • http://www.loc.gov/ead/ • Maps records into MARC format • Loads the MARC records into the Innopac Hong Kong University of Science & Technology Library

5. XML Server • Accepts search queries via URL • Outputs Innopac record result sets in XML format • Similar to a Web Service, but output only • No ability to add or update records in the Innopac • Due to this limitation, HKUST Library decided not to acquire it for interactive loading/updating of authority records - we found another way to do this Hong Kong University of Science & Technology Library

6. AirPAC • Provides an interface for wireless devices, such as PDAs and mobile phones • Records are provided in an XML format • Served as the initial version of the XML Server Hong Kong University of Science & Technology Library

7. WebPAC and XML • Two required pieces are available in the WebPAC module: • IIIRECORD DTD • http://ustlib.ust.hk:1082/iiirecord.dtd • “xrecord” Command • Individual records can be retrieved in XML format based on their record number Hong Kong University of Science & Technology Library

8. IIIRECORD • Interactive Retrieval - records can be extracted in XML format based on record # • Character coding is ASCII with diacritics and Chinese characters in “braced” form • Very useful for digital libraries projects that involve metadata that is in the INNOPAC • Example • http://ustlib.ust.hk:1082/xrecord=b234567 Hong Kong University of Science & Technology Library

9. Using IIIRECORD IIIRECORD “BRACE”->UTF8 XSLTransform HTML RSS http://lbxml.ust.hk/na/ http://lbxml.ust.hk/na/books.xml http://lbxml.ust.hk/na/media.xml Hong Kong University of Science & Technology Library

10. IIIRECORD -> HTMLhttp://library.ust.hk/xmlworkshop/xml3/record.html <dl> <dt><a href="na_display_bib.pl?srecnum=b799738"> Alasdair MacIntyre</a> / edited by Mark C. Murphy</dt> <dd>Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2003</dd> <dd>MacIntyre, Alasdair C</dd> <dd>BOOK COLLECTION • <font COLOR="RED"> B1647.M124 A43 2003</font></dd> </dl> Hong Kong University of Science & Technology Library

11. IIIRECORD -> RSShttp://library.ust.hk/xmlworkshop/xml3/record.xml <item rdf:about="http://lbxml.ust.hk/na/na_display_bib.pl? srecnum=b799738"> <title>B1647.M124 A43 2003 • Alasdair MacIntyre / edited by Mark C. Murphy</title> <link>http://lbxml.ust.hk/na/na_display_bib.pl? srecnum=b799738</link> <dc:publisher>Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2003</dc:publisher> <dc:subject scheme="lcsh">MacIntyre, Alasdair C</dc:subject> <dc:identifier scheme="callnumber">BOOK COLLECTION • B1647.M124 A43 2003</dc:identifier> <dc:type>Book</dc:type> <description><![CDATA[<dl><dd>Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2003</dd><dd>MacIntyre, Alasdair C</dd><dd>BOOK COLLECTION • B1647.M124 A43 2003 </dd></dl>]]> </description> </item> Hong Kong University of Science & Technology Library

12. IIIRECORD Summary • Can use batch or interactive retrieval • Records are provided in XML instead of ISO2709 format • Use XSLT to transform to other formats: HTML, MARCXML, Dublin Core, EAD, RSS, etc. Hong Kong University of Science & Technology Library