Storage, presentation, and management

• SGML/XML document collections

  • need 3 files for each dataset description

    - structured metadata (.xml or .sgml or .sgm)

    - presentation HTML (.html or .htm)

    - Simple Unstructured Text Record Syntax SUTRS (.txt)

  • Z39.50 server has built-in methods to index, search, and present
  • presentation using pre-prepared documents
  • presentation using dynamic conversion techniques
• database or other repository
  • Z39.50 server can pass requests to a database system for search, and present
  • presentation using dynamic techniques
• various views of the metadata
  • HTML presentation for current and older browsers
  • XML for the future
  • plain text for library world and traditional Z39.50 clients
  • dataset description has links to further information
• document management
  • validate the XML
  • generate HTML and plain text
  • some management solutions described in ASDD techical documentation

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