Interoperability models in digital libraries: an overview

Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of the existing interoperability models in digital libraries and to introduce related projects in each model.Design methodology approach - The study starts from searching various databases with a combination of important keywords in the f...

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Published in:Electronic library 2010-01, Vol.28 (3), p.438-452
Main Authors: Alipour-Hafezi, Mehdi, Horri, Abbas, Shiri, Ali, Ghaebi, Amir
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Agreements
Archives & records
Categories
Data processing
Digital libraries
Digital systems
Directories
Electronic Libraries
Electronics
Exact sciences and technology
Harvesting
Information and communication sciences
Information processing and retrieval
Information retrieval. Man machine relationship
Information science. Documentation
Integrated Services
Interoperability
Iran
Libraries
Library cooperation
Library information networks
Mathematical models
Metadata
Open systems
Performance Technology
Research process. Evaluation
Sciences and techniques of general use
Search engines
Semantics
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Summary:Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of the existing interoperability models in digital libraries and to introduce related projects in each model.Design methodology approach - The study starts from searching various databases with a combination of important keywords in the field, such as interoperability, digital library, meta-searching and cross-searching. The study follows up with describing related digital library projects in the field of technical interoperability. The projects are described under three main categories, Federated, Harvesting and Gathering.Findings - The study shows that most of the studied projects are located in the USA and also most of the digital library projects use OAI protocol and the harvesting model in order to be technically interoperable. Also, the results of the study showed that the projects mostly paid attention to metadata interoperability and only a few mentioned full-text interoperability issues.Originality value - The paper makes an original contribution of exploring an area (interoperability models in digital libraries), that is at the forefront of discussion in libraries worldwide.
ISSN:0264-0473
1758-616X
DOI:10.1108/02640471011052016