Stephens Owen wrote:
> Now can I be the one to name a technology and say OAI?
>
Sure. Let's follow that for a bit. By OAI you mean the harvesting
technology, right? It doesn't have anything to do with input of data,
but once the data is in a database OAI could be one of the methods of
retrieval. OAI does use datastamps so you could potentially retrieve
only the most recent records/updates. My concern about OAI is the
precision of search, since "harvesting" is not a search for a particular
record but a way to disseminate groups of records from one database to
another. It seems to me that OAI would be great for mirroring of the
database, but I'll need to hear more specifically how it can be used to
find the particular authority record that you need. My assumption has
been that the search for the "right" authority record may need to be
done by a human since there will be a need to distinguish between
similar authority records, perhaps by reading explanatory notes in the
record.
(I realize that I've been thinking about name authorities more than
subject authorities -- are we talking about both?)
kc
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> Owen Stephens
> E-Strategy Co-ordinator
> Royal Holloway, University of London
> Egham
> Surrey
> UK
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> Email: owen.stephens_at_rhul.ac.uk
> MSN: owen.stephens_at_rhul.ac.uk
> Tel: 01784 443331
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