A Consistent Reference Service for the Interoperation of EPrint Repositories
A Consistent Reference Service for the Interoperation of EPrint Repositories
Current Institutional Repository packages do a poor job of maintaining the article’s metadata in a consistent fashion. Documents and other entities are unreliably identified and there exists no mechanism for correlating related data between multiple repositories. A consistent reference service (CRS) mediates and maps between different identifiers, from multiple sources. It overcomes the shortcomings of packages such as EPrints and allows the construction of useful applications and services, such as automatic CV generation or citation impact profiling. This project has developed a highly efficient and scalable CRS, capable of tracking many thousand identifiers. It utilises semantic web technologies to remain open and responsive, providing intuitive and flexible services for searching and retrieving information. A sophisticated plug-in for the EPrints software has been developed, which utilises the CRS to improve the inherent consistency of the metadata; reinforce the use of local naming schemes and significantly enhance the repository’s user interface. A CRS deployment is already in active use by researchers of the ReSIST Project.
Coreference Semantic Web Services
Lewy, Timothy
3a904992-f134-440a-a149-c30126679a3d
May 2006
Lewy, Timothy
3a904992-f134-440a-a149-c30126679a3d
Lewy, Timothy
(2006)
A Consistent Reference Service for the Interoperation of EPrint Repositories.
University of Southampton, Electronics and Computer Science, Doctoral Thesis.
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Abstract
Current Institutional Repository packages do a poor job of maintaining the article’s metadata in a consistent fashion. Documents and other entities are unreliably identified and there exists no mechanism for correlating related data between multiple repositories. A consistent reference service (CRS) mediates and maps between different identifiers, from multiple sources. It overcomes the shortcomings of packages such as EPrints and allows the construction of useful applications and services, such as automatic CV generation or citation impact profiling. This project has developed a highly efficient and scalable CRS, capable of tracking many thousand identifiers. It utilises semantic web technologies to remain open and responsive, providing intuitive and flexible services for searching and retrieving information. A sophisticated plug-in for the EPrints software has been developed, which utilises the CRS to improve the inherent consistency of the metadata; reinforce the use of local naming schemes and significantly enhance the repository’s user interface. A CRS deployment is already in active use by researchers of the ReSIST Project.
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Published date: May 2006
Keywords:
Coreference Semantic Web Services
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University of Southampton, Electronics & Computer Science
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Local EPrints ID: 262884
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/262884
PURE UUID: 30efbd4f-0b67-4a5c-8bdb-252d8fcde39e
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Date deposited: 10 Aug 2006
Last modified: 14 Mar 2024 07:19
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Timothy Lewy
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