OAI-2003 1 Science & Culture Developing a Knowledge Site in Distributed Information Environments OAI-Forum Bath, September 5th, 2003 Ann Borda Alpay Beler.

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Science & CultureDeveloping a Knowledge Site in Distributed

Information Environments

OAI-ForumBath, September 5th, 2003

Ann BordaAlpay BelerNick Wyatt

Science MuseumLondon UK

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Science & Culture 1 Large scale internet project funded by the New Opportunities

Fund (Lottery funding) National Museum of Science & Industry (NMSI)

– the Science Museum (London)– Science and Society Picture Library (London)– National Railway Museum (York)– National Museum of Photography, Film & Television

(Bradford) Audience – life long learners

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Science & Culture 2 Aim of the website:

– to make a rich quantity of material & collections accessible, – to contextualise through intelligent display, searching

(resource discovery) and relational linking. – to develop user-focused activities and personalisation tools

that are supported by these resources

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Science & Culture 3

Sourced content:– 40,000 digitised images and accompanying text

records– 30,000 library records– 10,000 object records – 50 narrative topics

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Issues Different types/functions of legacy systems

Different data standards and platforms in use Diffuse coordination of 'repurposable' content Mix of non-networked and networked systems Varied database connectivity Costs and time in upgrading and configuration

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Source Systems OverviewLocation Source

Database Function Type of System

National Railway Museum (York)

iBase Image management Microsoft Data Engine (MSDE) v. 7.

National Museum of Photography, Film & Television (Bradford)

iBase Image management Microsoft Data Engine (MSDE) v. 7.

Science Museum – Science and Society Picture Library (London)

Capture Picture library database File Maker Pro + C++

Science Museum (London)

MultiMIMSY 2000

Collections management Oracle 8.0 running on a Microsoft Windows 2000 server.

Science Museum Library (London)

Unicorn Library management C/ISAM (Informix) with BRS-Search running on SunOS5.7 (Solaris 7).

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Primary Records

Library (Unicorn) – AACR2, Marc21Object (MultiMimsy) – SpectrumImage records

– Capture (SSPL) – local guidelines– Ibase (NRM) – local guidelines– Ibase (NMPFT) – local guidelines

Images

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Cataloguing

Agreed definitions of DC elements Agreed list of qualifiers Core fields for export NMSI-wide image cataloguing

guidelines Procedures for cataloguing objects Cataloguing standards document

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Authority Control

Importance Authority fields People – authorised name, normalised name, dates,

biography etc. Authority lists for

– people – organisations – places – events/periods

On-going process

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Data Mapping

Agreed mappings to DC elements Need for concatenation, e.g. names Matching with authority files Linking to other record types Mapping table Need for vigilance & checking

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‘Interim’ Database The logical design would focus on:

Simplicity and efficiency of retrieval of informationOptimisation and consistency of information

NOT a cataloguing database a collection point for data DC fields as primary data structure enable data ‘normalisation’ export as DC fields in XML wrapper end-purpose to populate the web CMS

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Export Formats

Location Source Database Export

National Railway Museum(York)

iBase XML

National Museum ofPhotography, Film &Television (Bradford)

iBase XML

Science Museum – Scienceand Society Picture Library(London)

Capture CSV

Science Museum (London) MultiMIMSY 2000 XMLScience Museum Library(London)

Unicorn Tab delimited

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XML RECORD- <dcschema xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="D:\NOF\dcschema.xsd">- <dc_record> <dc_identifier>1980-108</dc_identifier>- <dc_creator1> <name>Coster, Salomon, d. 1659</name> <role>maker</role> </dc_creator1> <dc_relation relationType="Object">T/1980-108</dc_relation> <dc_relation relationType="Image">TIM100282</dc_relation> <dc_relation relationType="Image">10326522</dc_relation> <dc_subject subjectType="Controlled">pendulum clock</dc_subject> <dc_type>physical object | text</dc_type> <dc_format>text | xml</dc_format> <dc_title>’Haagsche Klokje’, pendulum clock, c. 1657.</dc_title> <dc_description>This clock by Salomon Coster (d. 1659) of the Netherlands is one of theearliest pendulum clocks ever made. The Dutch scientist Christiaan Huygens (1629-1693)designed the first successful pendulum clock in 1656. He worked with Coster, anexperienced clockmaker, to apply his new invention to commercial use. In 1657 Huygenshad the patent protecting his invention assigned to Coster, but sadly Coster died suddenlyin 1659 after producing only a few pendulum clocks. This is one of only seven pendulumclocks made by Coster known to have survived. The application of the pendulum clock totimekeeping during the scientific revolution of the 17

th century was arguably the most

fundamental advance in the history of time measurement.</dc_description> <dc_date_created>c. 1657</dc_date_created> <dc_subject_broad2>Time Measurement</dc_subject_broad2> <dc_cover_spatial>World > Europe > Netherlands > The Hague</dc_cover_spatial> <dc_language>en</dc_language> <audit_ok_for_nof>true</audit_ok_for_nof> </dc_record>

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Image management 3 image management systems need to reference image files with the text records text records to retain ‘mapped’ reference to image

files upon export ability to process TIFF images to JPEGs for web

Solution: Interim database back-end is an iBase system to

handle image relationships & processes

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Metadata & resource discovery

Common metadata set

Common syntax

Consistency of content

Dublin Core

XML/DOM/Common validation

Rules for contentCommon approachCataloguing rules

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Digitisation Infrastructure

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Web Content Management System (CMS)

COM database MS based architecture & server platform specified to handle XML and DC elements ability to handle metadata from the interim database. ability to manage relationships

ability to handle image references and image files

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Ingenious Site

Subject relatedResources

Subject relatedDebate

T OPIC 1See separate

structure

T OPIC 2

SUBJECT S(Editorial)

READ

UserRegistration

DebateDebate List

DEBAT E

Im agesLibrary records

ObjectsResources

SEARCH(Subject

Categories)

SEE

UserRegistration

M y Lightbox M y Gallery M y Links

CREATE

HOM E

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Topic Structure

Core Topic Text

Activity

“Relevance Toolbar”

Biography

Voices

Unusual Takes

Glossary

Debate

Related Images

Related Stories

Related Library

Records

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Collection Level Description

DC & RSLP CLD elements used Allows consistency for searching Overall CLD for whole site Subject Level CLD Topic Level & Topic Part CLD

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Site CLD<META NAME="DC.Title" CONTENT="Ingenious">

<META NAME="DC.Description" CONTENT="This site makes connections between people, innovations and ideas. It contains images and other resources illustrating human endeavour and development from the Science Museum, National Railway Museum and National Museum of Photography, Film & Television. Subjects and topics put these images in context, giving historical and cultural insights on current issues in science, technology and medicine.">

<META NAME="DC.Rights" CONTENT="http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/copyright/copyright.asp">

<META NAME="DC.Creator" CONTENT="Science Museum | National Railway Museum | National Museum of Photography, Film & Television">

<META NAME="DC.Publisher" CONTENT="National Museum of Science & Industry">

<META NAME="DC.Language" CONTENT="en-uk">

<META NAME="DC.Type.category" CONTENT="collection">

<META NAME="DC.Format" CONTENT="text/html">

<META NAME="DC.Date.created" CONTENT="2003”>

<META NAME="DC.Identifier" CONTENT="http://193.71.79.113/">

<META NAME="DC.Subject.LCSH" CONTENT="Culture | Science | Technology | Medicine | Photography | Transport | Railroads | Industries | History">

<META NAME="DC.Relation.HasPart" CONTENT="sacsub01 | sacsub02 | sacsub03 | sacsub04 | sacsub05 | sacsub06 | sacsub07 | sacsub08 | sacsub09 | sacsub10 | sacsub11 | sacsub12">

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SEARCH - Subject Metadata

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Topic metadata<!-- DC begin --><META NAME="DC.Title" CONTENT="Home and away; ">

<META NAME="DC.Identifier" CONTENT="sacsub04; ">

<META NAME="DC.Description" CONTENT=" ; ">

<META NAME="DC.Format" CONTENT="text/html">

<META NAME="Robots" CONTENT="all">

<META NAME="DC.Language" CONTENT="en-uk">

<META NAME="DC.Type.category" CONTENT="collection">

<META NAME="DC.Creator" CONTENT="; ">

<META NAME="DC.Date.Created" CONTENT="2003">

<META NAME="CLD:hasLocation" CONTENT="; ">

<META NAME="DC:Subject.SAC" CONTENT="Home and away; ">

<META NAME="DC:Subject.Broad2" CONTENT="Cinematography & Film | Entertainment | Photography | Photography: Equipment | Radio | Sound Reproduction & Acoustics | Television | Computing & Data Processing | Clothing | Domestic Life & Household Management | Firemaking | Lighting | Social & Economic Life | Sports & Pastimes | Building Construction & Architecture | Civil Engineering | Firefighting | Plastics ; ">

<META NAME="DC:Subject.Keywords" CONTENT="; ">

<META NAME="DC.Rights" CONTENT="http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/copyright/copyright.asp">

<META NAME="CLD:Owner" CONTENT="National Museum of Science & Industry">

<META NAME="DCQ:hasPublication" CONTENT="sactopic19 | sactopic20 | sactopic21 | sactopic22; ">

<META NAME="DCQ:isPartOf" CONTENT="Ingenious; ">

<META NAME="CLD:isDescriptionOf" CONTENT="NMSI Digitised resources; "><!-- DC end -->

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Sustainability - Present Conform to future standards (e.g. Dublin Core) Repurposable data in an XML wrapper: ‘Create

once and use many’ Customisable according to needs Ability to share data across organisations Multiple platform delivery: different channels Community building

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Science & Culture - Repurposing

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Future - Semantic Web

Search Engines

Knowledge ManagementSystems & Applications

HTML WebPages

Agents

MetadataDublin CoreRDF SchemaXML

Resource DiscoveryServices

Information Retrieval

Taxonomies

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Future – Creating Communities Interest groups linked to subject hierarchies Groups generate knowledge Knowledge added to existing “formal data” Taps into “informal” knowledge

– unwritten– oral– practical

The nature of knowledge on the site changes

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Presented by

Ann Borda, NOF Project [email protected]

Alpay Beler, NOF IS [email protected]

Nick Wyatt, NOF Metadata [email protected]

Science Museum, London