Digital Library Technologies (DLT)
February 8, 2005
The
Digital Library Technologies group at NCSA is a continuing effort to
develop components of a new infrastructure for building large-scale
digital libraries of distributed, heterogeneous digital information
objects.
Joe Futrelle
Digital Library Technologies, NCSA
The Digital Library Technologies group at NCSA is a continuing effort
to develop components of a new infrastructure for building large-scale
digital libraries of distributed, heterogeneous digital information
objects.
Our components enable digital information to be used across and within communities by providing user-configurable tools for formatting, translating, publishing, indexing, and searching data and metadata. Our tools are designed to interoperate using standard protocols such as the Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting and the Open Grid Services Infrastructure. In previous work we have developed tools based on the ISO-standard Z39.50 protocol for information retrieval.
In addition to the technical challenges associated with the scale and heterogeneity of networked digital information, the Digital Library Technologies group is working with the challenges of community development of data standards and data use practices, including building community consensus on data models, definitions of shared concepts, and descriptions of community information needs.
We have primarily focused on scientific data, but are expanding our efforts to include other kinds of digital objects such as digital music.
Our components enable digital information to be used across and within communities by providing user-configurable tools for formatting, translating, publishing, indexing, and searching data and metadata. Our tools are designed to interoperate using standard protocols such as the Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting and the Open Grid Services Infrastructure. In previous work we have developed tools based on the ISO-standard Z39.50 protocol for information retrieval.
In addition to the technical challenges associated with the scale and heterogeneity of networked digital information, the Digital Library Technologies group is working with the challenges of community development of data standards and data use practices, including building community consensus on data models, definitions of shared concepts, and descriptions of community information needs.
We have primarily focused on scientific data, but are expanding our efforts to include other kinds of digital objects such as digital music.
People
September 28, 2005
A list of the people involved in NCSA's Digital Library Technologies group.
Joe Futrelle
Digital Library Technologies, NCSA
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Joe Futrelle futrelle (at) ncsa.uiuc.edu Sr. Research Coordinator |
Jeff Gaynor jgaynor (at) ncsa.uiuc.edu Research Programmer |
Joel Plutchak plutchak (at) ncsa.uiuc.edu Research Programmer |
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Jing Zhang |
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Support
September 28, 2005
Organizations and funding supporting NCSA's Digital Library Technologies group.
Joe Futrelle
Digital Library Technologies, NCSA, NSF
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The work described on this website was primarily supported by the National Science Foundation through the Partnership for Advanced Computational Infrastructure (NLADR) and the NSF Middleware Initiative (OGCE). The work is also supported in part by the Mellon Foundation (IMIRSEL) and the Library of Congress (NDIIPP). |