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Buckets, Clusters and DienstMay 1997
1997 Technical Report
Publisher:
  • Old Dominion University
  • Norfolk, VA
  • United States
Published:23 May 1997
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Abstract

In this paper we describe NCSTRL+, a unified, canonical digital library for scientific and technical information (STI). NCSTRL+ is based on the Networked Computer Science Technical Report Library (NCSTRL), a World Wide Web (WWW) accessible digital library (DL) that provides access to over 80 university departments and laboratories. NCSTRL+ implements two new technologies: cluster functionality and publishing ?buckets?. We have extended the Dienst protocol, the protocol underlying NCSTRL, to provide the ability to ?cluster? independent collections into a logically centralized digital library based upon subject category classification, type of organization, and genres of material. The concept of ?buckets? provides a mechanism for publishing and managing logically linked entities with multiple data formats. The NCSTRL+ prototype DL contains the holdings of NCSTRL and the NASA Technical Report Server (NTRS). The prototype demonstrates the feasibility of publishing into a multi-cluster DL, searching a cross clusters, and storing and presenting buckets of information. We show that the overhead for these additional capabilities is minimal to both the author and the user when compared to the equivalent process within NCSTRL.

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  • Old Dominion University
  • Old Dominion University
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