A component assembly approach to digital library systems
| dc.contributor.author | Eyambe, Linda | |
| dc.contributor.author | Suleman, Hussein | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2016-07-25T08:10:13Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2016-07-25T08:10:13Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2005 | |
| dc.date.updated | 2016-01-04T09:37:11Z | |
| dc.description.abstract | With the advent of the Internet came the promise of global information access. In keeping with this promise, Digital Libraries (DLs) began to emerge across the world as a method of providing structured information to their users. These DLs are often created using proprietary monolithic software that is usually difficult to customise and extend. The Open Digital Library (ODL) project was created to demonstrate that DLs can be built as a network of components instead of as monolithic systems. Although the ODL approach has largely been embraced by the DL community, it is not without a few shortcomings. This paper introduces a graphical user interface and its associated framework for creating DLs from distributed components, consequently addressing a number of the limitations of ODL-like systems, as well as presenting a novel and generic approach for creating component-based systems. This system was subject to a user-based evaluation to confirm its utility and provide insights into possible extensions. | |
| dc.identifier.apacitation | Eyambe, L., & Suleman, H. (2005). A component assembly approach to digital library systems. <i>South African Computer Journal</i>, http://hdl.handle.net/11427/20666 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.chicagocitation | Eyambe, Linda, and Hussein Suleman "A component assembly approach to digital library systems." <i>South African Computer Journal</i> (2005) http://hdl.handle.net/11427/20666 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.citation | Eyambe, L., & Suleman, H. (2005). A component assembly approach to digital library systems: reviewed article. South African Computer Journal, (35), p-59. | |
| dc.identifier.ris | TY - AU - Eyambe, Linda AU - Suleman, Hussein AB - With the advent of the Internet came the promise of global information access. In keeping with this promise, Digital Libraries (DLs) began to emerge across the world as a method of providing structured information to their users. These DLs are often created using proprietary monolithic software that is usually difficult to customise and extend. The Open Digital Library (ODL) project was created to demonstrate that DLs can be built as a network of components instead of as monolithic systems. Although the ODL approach has largely been embraced by the DL community, it is not without a few shortcomings. This paper introduces a graphical user interface and its associated framework for creating DLs from distributed components, consequently addressing a number of the limitations of ODL-like systems, as well as presenting a novel and generic approach for creating component-based systems. This system was subject to a user-based evaluation to confirm its utility and provide insights into possible extensions. DA - 2005 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town J1 - South African Computer Journal KW - Digital Libraries KW - Open Digital Libraries KW - Components KW - Graphical User Interface LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2005 T1 - A component assembly approach to digital library systems TI - A component assembly approach to digital library systems UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/20666 ER - | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/20666 | |
| dc.identifier.vancouvercitation | Eyambe L, Suleman H. A component assembly approach to digital library systems. South African Computer Journal. 2005; http://hdl.handle.net/11427/20666. | en_ZA |
| dc.language.iso | eng | |
| dc.publisher.department | Department of Computer Science | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher.faculty | Faculty of Science | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher.institution | University of Cape Town | |
| dc.rights | Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial 4.0 License (CC BY-NC 4.0) | |
| dc.rights.uri | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ | |
| dc.source | South African Computer Journal | |
| dc.source.uri | http://sacj.cs.uct.ac.za/ | |
| dc.subject | Digital Libraries | |
| dc.subject | Open Digital Libraries | |
| dc.subject | Components | |
| dc.subject | Graphical User Interface | |
| dc.title | A component assembly approach to digital library systems | |
| dc.type | Journal Article | |
| uct.type.filetype | Text | |
| uct.type.filetype | Image |