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Exposing electronic resources: the Information Environment Service Registry. Amanda Hill MIMAS. JISC IE/Web 2.0 vision. Connecting users to content in dynamic ways Services exposed on the network for re-use within other applications. All very well, but….
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Exposing electronic resources:the Information Environment Service Registry Amanda Hill MIMAS
JISC IE/Web 2.0 vision • Connecting users to content in dynamic ways • Services exposed on the network for re-use within other applications Internet Librarian International
All very well, but… • …how will these other services know which new services are available? • Or how to connect to them? • Or whom to contact if there is a problem with the connection? Internet Librarian International
One solution… • The Information Environment Service Registry is designed to: • help these machine-to-machine services advertise themselves on the network • Make it easier for application developers to find appropriate services for their users Internet Librarian International
Expose Owners of resources provide information about them (and how to get to them) to IESR IESR Online resources Internet Librarian International
Discover Portals IESR Portal-builders discover existence of relevant services automatically by regularly querying/harvesting information from IESR Online resources Internet Librarian International
Use Portals IESR Applications/portals interact with resources they've discovered through IESR, using connection information provided by IESR Online resources Internet Librarian International
Allowing people… Portal … to discover and make use of new resources Online resources Internet Librarian International
What's in the IESR? IESR Internet Librarian International
What's in the IESR? Own one or more collections Agents Administer one or more services IESR Collections Services Accessed by one or more services Internet Librarian International
An example Administers services IESR Web pages RSS feeds Z39.50 Accessed by services Internet Librarian International
Metadata • Collection descriptions: based on RSLP collection description schema • Service descriptions: depend on type of service • Agent descriptions: information about organisation • All metadata decisions have been informed by and have fed into international developments in Dublin Core and NISO Metasearch Initiative. • IESR metadata now being used in USA and Australia for related projects Internet Librarian International
Demo portal (SPP) Internet Librarian International http://dev.portal.ac.uk/docs/reports/iesr/SPPandIESR.html
Demo portal (SPP) Internet Librarian International
IESR content • Currently: JISC service providers • Soon: library OPACs, museum and archive catalogues, digital image collections… • If you want your resource to be included: http://www.iesr.ac.uk/be-included/ Internet Librarian International
Benefits of inclusion for service providers • Wider awareness of resources and associated services • Resources can be re-used and re-presented in a variety of contexts and environments, many of which we haven't even thought of yet Internet Librarian International
The future • Moving away from building web sites and expecting users to come and find our data in a single place • Providing our information and resources in ways that can be presented within other interfaces • Taking our stuff to where the users are Internet Librarian International
Contact details amanda.hill@manchester.ac.uk 0161 275 6055 http://iesr.ac.uk Internet Librarian International