Posts Tagged ‘mass digitization’

1st DL.org Workshop: Interactive Discussion 2

Monday, November 2nd, 2009

Discussions on Enhancing the Reference Model

Workshop Attendees 2

Workshop Attendees 2

“The Reference Model should not only take into consideration technical work in other fields, where similar issues are being addressed, but should also encompass mass digitization, to increase the value-add of the document.” Geneva Henry, Rice University, member of DL.org’s External Advisory Board.

“The functions for mass digitization are in the Reference Model but perhaps they are referenced in a specific way and need pulling out and better clarifying.” Sarah Higgins, Digital Curation Centre, member of Quality WG.

“Mass digitization is definitely considered in the policy domain.” Perla Innocenti, HATII, University of Glasgow.

The role of librarians & engaging the library community

“The project needs to make an effort to bring into play librarians as soon as possible as this would help the discourse being too computer science dominant. At least one level of the Reference Model should be made accessible to the community.” Stefan Gradmann, Humboldt University, member of Content WG.

“We need to educate people from libraries so they can see the advantages of all the possibilities.” Dagobert Soergel, University at Buffalo.

“Digital Librarians carry an important baggage of skills and knowledge, as they need to understand what they are trying to deliver to their community of users in terms of architecture and software. While they do not know the deeper complexities that computer scientists deal with, their experiences and knowledge bring value-add to the technical work within DL.org and beyond“. Sarah Higgins, Digital Curation Centre, member of Quality WG.

Fostering forward-thinking approaches in academic courses

Stefan Gradmann (Humboldt University) and Seamus Ross (University of Toronto) both highlighted the important role that universities can play in fostering forward-thinking academic courses. In their view, library and information science teaching is inextricably bound up with effectively engaging the library community.

“Students today come from particular backgrounds with diverse interests and a general lack of the technical skills needed. But as we move forward, engineering will play an increasingly bigger part. Today’s students will have very different jobs and roles than their peers in tomorrow’s world, as they will acquire different skills and move up the ladder far more quickly. It  is therefore important to raise the profiles of the pioneers across Europe and even in the U.S., such as at events like the iConference in Obama in January 2010.” Seamus Ross, University of Toronto, member of Policy & Quality WGs.

Academic institutions like Humboldt University, the University at Buffalo and the University of Toronto are playing a pioneering role in this respect by incorporating the Reference Model into their courses.

Moderator: Yannis Ioannidis, University of Athens

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Blog Cast: 1st DL.org Workshop, Policy, Quality, Architecture

Friday, October 30th, 2009

orfu, Greece – 1 October 2009 – afternoon session: policy, quality and architecture
The afternoon session was all about delving into interoperability from the perspectives of policy, quality and architecture.

Perla Innocenti, Policy Interoperability

Perla Innocenti & Seamus Ross, Policy Interoperability

Perla Innocenti, HATII, University of Glasgow and Seamus Ross, University of Toronto outlined the main goals, expected outcomes and scope of the Policy Working Group. Summarizing the policy concept in the DELOS Reference Model, Perla Innocenti explained the WG’s proposal to revise the policy domain and develop a policy framework to make  a DL viable. The talk spotlighted seven interoperability issues and explained how policy fits into these.

Key issues explored:

  • business-level interoperability: within a policy framework, it is possible to compare and trust values and purposes of each organization.
  • the risks of a lack of policy interoperability.

One of the main challenges faced by the WG entails exploring largely uncharted territory in what is an overarching principle for DL interoperability. Seamus Ross brought into sharp relief the main issues identified and preliminary findings, in addition to diverse interoperability scenarios for policy.

Sarah Higgins & Giuseppina Vullo, Quality Interoperability

Sarah Higgins & Giuseppina Vullo, Quality Interoperability

Sarah Higgins, Digital Curation Centre (UK) and Giuseppina Vullo, HATII, Glasgow University explored Quality interoperability, which is synonymous with the ability of DLs to share a common, qualitative framework.

The talk briefly described the mission and focus of the Quality Working Group within DL.org. Special attention was drawn to key interoperability issues and preliminary findings aimed at enhancing the DELOS Reference Model.

The scope in terms of Quality models can be broadened by defining, selecting and investigating core quality parameters deemed essential for a quality interoperability framework, while fostering new research into best practices and feasibility.

Leonardo Candela, CNR-ISTI, shed light on Architecture interoperability, providing key definitions relating to the architecture domain, outlining the component-based approach and exploring architecture interoperability.

Focal points: component profile with regard to architecture, the application framework and architectural interoperability.

While solutions can be borrowed from other related domains, standards only bring solutions to some extent, hence the need for guidelines and best practices to drive forward interoperability at the architecture level.

Leonardo Candela, Architecture Interoperability

Leonardo Candela, Architecture Interoperability

The Architecture Working Group is focusing on the design and testing of interoperability approaches in concrete scenarios, particularly D4Science and DRIVER projects, as well as reference architecture for interoperability-oriented application framework.

Chair: Seamus Ross, University of Toronto

Q&A

“I am pleased to see policy presented and analyzed by a specialist outside the computer science domain. DL.org could build on the many scenarios developed by the 3WC Policy Language WG.“ Stefan Gradmann, Humboldt University.

“It is important to identify what parameters are needed but ultimately it is down to the individual DLs to decide the extent to which they can ensure the best quality.“ Sarah Higgins, Digital Curation Centre.

“We should identify monotone dependencies between quality criteria to see the roots, which would be highly valuable but challenging. Every user is different, so everyone wants different things. It should be possible to measure them.“ Yannis Ioannidis, University of Athens.

“Quality is very challenging. The usefulness of a collection is really difficult.“ Tiziana Catarci, University of Rome.

“We are aware of the challenges. This is a dynamic concept.“ Giuseppina Vullo, HATII, University of Glasgow.


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