Comments on: Open Repositories Conference 09 Part 2 http://cairss.caul.edu.au/blog/2009/06/10/open-repositories-conference-09-part-2/ The primary function of CAIRSS is to offer support for Repository Managers in the higher education sector in Australia. Tue, 08 Feb 2011 04:17:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Borrowind http://cairss.caul.edu.au/blog/2009/06/10/open-repositories-conference-09-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-11 Borrowind Tue, 16 Jun 2009 10:07:44 +0000 http://caulcairss.wordpress.com/2009/06/10/open-repositories-conference-09-part-2/#comment-11 >“developer challenge” ... creating an application, well more of a web service really that would harvest a repositories metadata and then display it in a web browser Simply embed some of the basic metadata in the URL thus... www.myuni.edu/repository/public/full-text/history/history-of-technology/thesis/2009-adams-peter-on-watermills.pdf ...and if there's a strict standard set among universities for how to structure and name repository directories, then IT techies can't break the URL by juggling the directories. >“developer challenge” … creating an application, well more of a web service really that would harvest a repositories metadata and then display it in a web browser

Simply embed some of the basic metadata in the URL thus…

http://www.myuni.edu/repository/public/full-text/history/history-of-technology/thesis/2009-adams-peter-on-watermills.pdf

…and if there’s a strict standard set among universities for how to structure and name repository directories, then IT techies can’t break the URL by juggling the directories.

]]> By: Peter Sefton http://cairss.caul.edu.au/blog/2009/06/10/open-repositories-conference-09-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-10 Peter Sefton Wed, 10 Jun 2009 05:14:50 +0000 http://caulcairss.wordpress.com/2009/06/10/open-repositories-conference-09-part-2/#comment-10 One of the problems with normalization is that things need to be normalized for participation in a federation but locally institutions want to see their own terminology. So while a service like the one you propose might be useful I think we need to supply an easy way for people to adapt their OAI-PMH feeds, which is a possible new project as an outcome of the repository census - if we get the go ahead from the CAIRSS steering committee to work on it. One of the problems with normalization is that things need to be normalized for participation in a federation but locally institutions want to see their own terminology. So while a service like the one you propose might be useful I think we need to supply an easy way for people to adapt their OAI-PMH feeds, which is a possible new project as an outcome of the repository census – if we get the go ahead from the CAIRSS steering committee to work on it.

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