...Ki‐Tat Lam This paper discusses why the MARC21‐based authority format has failed in a global setting and details the use of XML and its related technologies to achieve global name access control. © MCB UP Limited 2002 Access control Computer languages Foreign languages While...

... with Web‐based services. © MCB UP Limited 2002 Computer languages Database management Extensible Markup Language (XML) is becoming an indispensable tool for virtually every type of content that is digitally produced. The advantages of XML for libraries have been well described...

... as an encapsulation mechanism for well‐structured content like DCQ metadata. Computer languages Resources In any large‐scale digital library project, validation of content semantics and syntax is desirable as a way to insure the quality and usability of the data being generated. While the RDF schema...

... connected with that famous old island (Melville, 1952). Computer languages Resources © MCB UP Limited 2002 The 2002 ALA Midwinter meetings held in New Orleans showcased XML’s growing importance in library applications. A number of events that I attended highlighted products and services...

...). Cataloguing Computer languages Libraries User studies Internet Table II summarizes participants’ use of constant data, Dewey class numbers, data extracted from URL, and subject terms assigned by WordSmith. CORC supports the use of constant data so that notes and data used frequently by a library...

... Desktop. © MCB UP Limited 2001 Cataloguing Libraries Computer languages Computer programming The 2001 release 1 version of Cataloger’s Desktop, first released by the Library of Congress in 1995, is reviewed here. Over the past six years, LC has provided additional MARC formats...

... encoding scheme into another. One of those opportunities to test how metadata schema can relate to each other is presented by object data encoded in Text Encoding Initiative (TEI) headers as well as MARC/AACR2 bibliographic records. Libraries Electronic data interchange Computer languages...

... into StatView, a statistical program, for analysis. Descriptive statistics (frequencies, percentages, and so on) were calculated, and written comments transcribed for content analysis. © MCB UP Limited 2001 Cataloguing Computer languages Libraries User studies Internet This article...

..., Distributed Systems and Services Team Leader at UKOLN and creator of DC‐dot, discusses the state RDF, the impact that XML will have on Dublin Core, the challenges facing the DC Metadata Initiative, his role as a member of the DC Advisory Committee, and advice for metadata implementers. Computer languages...

..., descriptive identifier, container, title, and dates. For example, the folder title is Correspondence regarding Vietnam, January‐September 1969. This macro converts the title to the following: © MCB UP Limited 2001 Cataloguing Computer software Computer languages...

... unlikely that access points, which are scattered throughout encoded finding aids, will find their way into the EAD header, which emulates the header for the Text Encoding Initiative. © MCB UP Limited 2001 Cataloguing Computer software Archives Information resources management Computer...

... information about the Administrative Metadata Working Group is available on the Internet at http://purl.org/dc/groups/admin.htm © MCB UP Limited 2001 Databases Computer languages Cataloguing Information Organizations From October 4‐6, 2000, the National Library of Canada played host...

... columns are on the screen Columns% = CS.FDXColumns ‘Get text to be printed © MCB UP Limited 1999 Libraries Automation Internet Computer languages Computer software Passport for Windows (PFW) includes the powerful ability to access not only OCLC, but also any computer which...

... with. Undoubtedly, the use of OML macros with the Innovative system has saved considerable staff time and effort. © MCB UP Limited 1999 Libraries Automation Computer software Computer languages Computer programming An increasing number of Innovative libraries are discovering that not only can...

... specifically for OCLC subsystem applications. Automated operations Computer languages Computer programming Libraries Online computing Since the Passport for Windows Software (PFW) was released in 1996, a variety of OCLC macros have been created by library professionals in addition to those supplied...

... connection to your local system, or hardwired connections to both systems. Either way, it would still work. Computer languages Creativity Information systems The new Internet accessibility that we have to OCLC services has emphasized the connective powers of Passport software. While connection...

.... © MCB UP Limited 1995 Academic libraries Bibliographies Computer languages Documentation Electronic data interchange Electronic mail Error cause identification Internet OCLC announced in October 1994 that OCLC users could begin submitting bibliographic record change requests...