UMDL Conspectus Specification
Version 2.0, Last Updated 2/1/95
Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Definition of terminology
- Structure of Conspectus
- 1st release (February '95 Prototype)
- Attributes (fields)
- Data Elements
- Conspectus Query Language (CQL)
- 2. 2nd and later releases
- Attributes
- Data Elements
- Conspectus Query Language (CQL)
- Implementation of Conspectus
- 1st release (February '95 Prototype)
- Assumptions
- Controlled vocabularies
- Attributes
- Data Elements
- Conspectus Query Language
- 2nd release
- Assumptions
- Controlled vocabularies
- Attributes
- Data Elements
- Conspectus Query Language
- Future Releases
- Issues and Discussions
- Structure related
- Implementation related
0. What's new
- Supporting Documents
- Supporting documents for Attributes and Data Elements are now updated to version 2.0.
- They can be found on the SILS Project Server, in the Conspectus folder in the UMDL folder.
- Further explanation of expectations for 2nd and later releases of conspectus
- To be added in the next version of document
- New version of attribute lists and definitions
- Comprehensive first definitions of attribute data elements
- Modifications tostructure of Conspectus in light of internal discussions and Feb. 14 NSF site visit
1. Introduction
The purpose of this document is to define a particular conspectus to be used by the University of Michigan Digital Library(UMDL) team for the University of Michigan Digital Library project. The conspectus is constructed with the purpose of refining the number of collections available through the UMDL architecture in order to increase speed, efficiency, and economy of searching. Both UMDL members and collection providers will participate in registering collections on the conspectus, profiling the collections as users are profiled in the user interface agent.
The activities of the conspectus are as follows:
- Registering collections by collection provider/registrar. Collecting:
- Collection provider/Inependent registrar <--------> Conspectus
- CIAs <----------> Conspectus
- Identifying relevant collections Conspectus Query/Request:
- User <-------> UIAs
- UIAs <-------> Conspectus
- Conspectus <--------> Mediators ( to determine pricing and other dynamics)
- Mediators <------> CIAs
- CIAs <-----> Mediators
- Mediators <------> Conspectus
- Conspectus <--------> UIAs
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