Thursday, November 19, 2009
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Week Eleven Muddiest Point
I do not have a muddiest point for this week. But, I did really like the assignment in class, getting a chance to work on the XML in class was really helpful!
Friday, November 13, 2009
Week Ten Notes
1) Mischo, W. (July/August 2005). Digital Libraries: challenges and influential work. D-Lib Magazine. 11(7/8). http://www.dlib.org/dlib/july05/mischo/07mischo.html
- Internet is recreating how we find and search digital resources
- Creation of digital libraries for patron satisfaction, make searching for what you want easier.
- Useful diagrams
- Reviews the history of digital libraries, and the different projects that helped contribute. How far digital libraries have come in such a short amount of time.
- Review of the technology and solutions that the programs have overcome
- Notes of how powerful the tools digital libraries now possess
- A lot of room for improvement in the future, with constant changes in technology
- The history was really interesting, because I didn’t realize the cooperation that went into it.
- Discusses Google and Google-Scholar
2) Paepcke, A. et al. (July/August 2005). Dewey meets Turing: librarians, computer scientists and the digital libraries initiative. D-Lib Magazine. 11(7/8). http://www.dlib.org/dlib/july05/paepcke/07paepcke.html
- Talks about the digital library initiative and bringing together libraries, computer science and publication
- Improved a lot of technology for a lot of different professions
- Bringing together research and every day life
- Help with grant funding and scholarly communication
- Ups and downs of working together (since there were different goals in mind, and other outside forces including the emergence of WWW)
- Disruption of traditional work, and introduction of new technology.
- Tension between libraries and computer science
3) Lynch, Clifford A. "Institutional Repositories: Essential Infrastructure for Scholarship in the Digital Age" ARL, no. 226 (February 2003): 1-7. http://www.arl.org/newsltr/226/ir.html
- New strategy with the creation of institutional repositories, which are management services for digital materials
- Helped advance scholarly communication
- Trends and efforts brought together to create this strategy
- MIT is leader in the field with dspace (and is the model for a lot of other fields with free access software being released)
- The digital materials should reflect your institution, and many teachers are using authorship to enhance academic expereinces. Lynch believes that institutional repositories should strongly favor the work from the insutituion itself
- Using the digital world for advanced distribution and access
- Will help the ‘evolution of scholarly communication”
- There are also flaws in the system in exercising control, respect and institutional roles. Also problems with the future of technology and the speed at which this technology will be expected to advance
- Represents progress because of access, preservation, identifiers, and project management
- Developments will continue into the future
I enjoyted this article, and thought it was very well written. Lynch has a calming affect in his writing which helps increase understanding of the topic.
- Internet is recreating how we find and search digital resources
- Creation of digital libraries for patron satisfaction, make searching for what you want easier.
- Useful diagrams
- Reviews the history of digital libraries, and the different projects that helped contribute. How far digital libraries have come in such a short amount of time.
- Review of the technology and solutions that the programs have overcome
- Notes of how powerful the tools digital libraries now possess
- A lot of room for improvement in the future, with constant changes in technology
- The history was really interesting, because I didn’t realize the cooperation that went into it.
- Discusses Google and Google-Scholar
2) Paepcke, A. et al. (July/August 2005). Dewey meets Turing: librarians, computer scientists and the digital libraries initiative. D-Lib Magazine. 11(7/8). http://www.dlib.org/dlib/july05/paepcke/07paepcke.html
- Talks about the digital library initiative and bringing together libraries, computer science and publication
- Improved a lot of technology for a lot of different professions
- Bringing together research and every day life
- Help with grant funding and scholarly communication
- Ups and downs of working together (since there were different goals in mind, and other outside forces including the emergence of WWW)
- Disruption of traditional work, and introduction of new technology.
- Tension between libraries and computer science
3) Lynch, Clifford A. "Institutional Repositories: Essential Infrastructure for Scholarship in the Digital Age" ARL, no. 226 (February 2003): 1-7. http://www.arl.org/newsltr/226/ir.html
- New strategy with the creation of institutional repositories, which are management services for digital materials
- Helped advance scholarly communication
- Trends and efforts brought together to create this strategy
- MIT is leader in the field with dspace (and is the model for a lot of other fields with free access software being released)
- The digital materials should reflect your institution, and many teachers are using authorship to enhance academic expereinces. Lynch believes that institutional repositories should strongly favor the work from the insutituion itself
- Using the digital world for advanced distribution and access
- Will help the ‘evolution of scholarly communication”
- There are also flaws in the system in exercising control, respect and institutional roles. Also problems with the future of technology and the speed at which this technology will be expected to advance
- Represents progress because of access, preservation, identifiers, and project management
- Developments will continue into the future
I enjoyted this article, and thought it was very well written. Lynch has a calming affect in his writing which helps increase understanding of the topic.
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Week 9 Notes
1) Martin Bryan. Introducing the Extensible Markup Language (XML) http://burks.bton.ac.uk/burks/internet/web/xmlintro.htm
This reading describes XML, extensible markup language, which is a subset of the standard markup language. It is designed for easy use to help distinguish between elements. I think the text does a good job of outlining what XML is good for, and what it is not created to help. The text also describes how and why XML is used, and the components that make up XML. Although the text was written for someone with an understanding of the material, the examples were really useful in helping me make sense of all of the information. The text also explains how you use XML for different types of elements, including tables, illustrations, etc. I think that this is a really useful resource for someone who wants to use XML and needs help getting started. There is a lot of information in this article, and took me a lot time to process, and I am still not sure I came out with a clear understanding of everything.
2) Uche Ogbuji. A survey of XML standards: Part 1. January 2004. http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/xml/library/x-stand1.html
In the introduction of this reading the large expanse of XML is described and how a lot of it can be confusing for beginners. This was defiantly good to hear, as I think a lot of the information is beyond my realm of expertise. I enjoyed this article much better than the first because the author recognizes the confusion that XML can create for new users. Although I find it very hopeful that the author believes that once you catch on to XML, that it is really easy to use. This article discusses the core technologies of XML, and the general standards in practice. The author reviews different standards and includes outside links for each subject. If I were looking more in depth on any off these subjects I would follow the author’s recommendations for resources, which is a really helpful tool.
3) Extending you Markup: a XML tutorial by Andre Bergholz http://www.computer.org/internet/xml/xml.tutorial.pdf
I was unable to locate this site; it said the information was unavailable at this time. Did anyone else have this problem?
4) XML Schema Tutorial http://www.w3schools.com/Schema/default.asp
This article reviews how to create an XML schema, and includes an example of a schema. I really liked how the article used bullets, because I think it was helpful to not be overwhelmed by language. The subject material is complicated enough, and I liked that it was simple. The text describes an XML schema as defining the legal building blocks of the XML document.
This reading describes XML, extensible markup language, which is a subset of the standard markup language. It is designed for easy use to help distinguish between elements. I think the text does a good job of outlining what XML is good for, and what it is not created to help. The text also describes how and why XML is used, and the components that make up XML. Although the text was written for someone with an understanding of the material, the examples were really useful in helping me make sense of all of the information. The text also explains how you use XML for different types of elements, including tables, illustrations, etc. I think that this is a really useful resource for someone who wants to use XML and needs help getting started. There is a lot of information in this article, and took me a lot time to process, and I am still not sure I came out with a clear understanding of everything.
2) Uche Ogbuji. A survey of XML standards: Part 1. January 2004. http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/xml/library/x-stand1.html
In the introduction of this reading the large expanse of XML is described and how a lot of it can be confusing for beginners. This was defiantly good to hear, as I think a lot of the information is beyond my realm of expertise. I enjoyed this article much better than the first because the author recognizes the confusion that XML can create for new users. Although I find it very hopeful that the author believes that once you catch on to XML, that it is really easy to use. This article discusses the core technologies of XML, and the general standards in practice. The author reviews different standards and includes outside links for each subject. If I were looking more in depth on any off these subjects I would follow the author’s recommendations for resources, which is a really helpful tool.
3) Extending you Markup: a XML tutorial by Andre Bergholz http://www.computer.org/internet/xml/xml.tutorial.pdf
I was unable to locate this site; it said the information was unavailable at this time. Did anyone else have this problem?
4) XML Schema Tutorial http://www.w3schools.com/Schema/default.asp
This article reviews how to create an XML schema, and includes an example of a schema. I really liked how the article used bullets, because I think it was helpful to not be overwhelmed by language. The subject material is complicated enough, and I liked that it was simple. The text describes an XML schema as defining the legal building blocks of the XML document.
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