Paper Info
Title
Interoperability models in digital libraries: an overview
Abstract
Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of the existing interoperability models in digital libraries and to introduce related projects in each model. Design/methodology/approach - The study starts from searching various databases with a combination of important keywords in the field, such as interoperability, digital library, meta-searching and cross-searching. The study follows up with describing related digital library projects in the field of technical interoperability. The projects are described under three main categories, Federated, Harvesting and Gathering. Findings - The study shows that most of the studied projects are located in the USA and also most of the digital library projects use OAI protocol and the harvesting model in order to be technically interoperable. Also, the results of the study showed that the projects mostly paid attention to metadata interoperability and only a few mentioned full-text interoperability issues. Originality/value - The paper makes an original contribution of exploring an area (interoperability models in digital libraries), that is at the forefront of discussion in libraries worldwide.
Year
DOI
Venue
2010
10.1108/02640471011052016
ELECTRONIC LIBRARY
Keywords
DocType
Volume
Open systems,Digital libraries,Search engines,Iran
Journal
28
Issue
ISSN
Citations 
3
0264-0473
2
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.46
14
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Mehdi Alipour Hafezi131.84
A. Horri2383.32
Ali Shiri319017.28
Amir Ghaebi451.84