78 research outputs found
Designing interoperable museum information systems
Museum collections are characterized by heterogeneity, since they usually host a plethora of objects of categories, while each of them requires different description policies and metadata standards. Moreover the museum records, which keep the history and evolution of the hosted collections, request proactive curation in order to preserve this rich and diverse information. In this paper,
the architecture of an innovative museum information system, as well as its implementation details is presented. In particular the requirements and the system architecture are presented along with the problems that were encountered. The main directions of the system design are (a) to increase interoperability levels and therefore assist proactive curation and (b) to enhance navigation by the usage of handheld devices. The first direction is satisfied by the design of a rich metadata schema based on the CIDOC/CRM standard. The second direction is fulfilled by the implementation of a module, which integrates the museum database with a subsystem appropriate to support user navigation into the museum floors and rooms. The module is expressed as a navigation functionality, which is accessed through handheld devices and peripherals, such as PDAs and RFID tags. The proposed system is functional and operates into the Solomos Museum, situated in Zakynthos island, Greece
A Conceptual Model for Scholarly Research Activity
This paper presents a conceptual model for scholarly research
activity, developed as part of the conceptual modelling work
within the ???Preparing DARIAH??? European e-Infrastructures
project. It is inspired by cultural-historical activity theory,
and is expressed in terms of the CIDOC Conceptual Reference
Model, extending its notion of activity so as to also
account, apart from historical practice, for scholarly research
planning. It is intended as a framework for structuring and
analyzing the results of empirical research on scholarly practice
and information requirements, encompassing the full
research lifecycle of information work and involving both
primary evidence and scholarly objects; also, as a framework
for producing clear and pertinent information requirements,
and specifications of digital infrastructures, tools and services
for scholarly research. We plan to use the model to tag interview
transcripts from an empirical study on scholarly information
work, and thus validate its soundness and fitness for
purpose
On the Ground in Afghanistan
The book includes 15 vignettes about different units from the U.S. Marines, U.S. Army, and U.S. Army Special Forces; the British army and marines; the Dutch army and marines; and the Canadian army. The case studies cover 10 provinces in the south and east of Afghanistan. They describe the diverse conditions the units faced in these provinces, how they responded to these conditions, what worked and what did not, and the successes involved in these operations
Designing interoperable museum information systems
Museum collections are characterized by heterogeneity, since they usually host a plethora of objects of categories, while each of them requires different description policies and metadata standards. Moreover the museum records, which keep the history and evolution of the hosted collections, request proactive curation in order to preserve this rich and diverse information. In this paper,
the architecture of an innovative museum information system, as well as its implementation details is presented. In particular the requirements and the system architecture are presented along with the problems that were encountered. The main directions of the system design are (a) to increase interoperability levels and therefore assist proactive curation and (b) to enhance navigation by the usage of handheld devices. The first direction is satisfied by the design of a rich metadata schema based on the CIDOC/CRM standard. The second direction is fulfilled by the implementation of a module, which integrates the museum database with a subsystem appropriate to support user navigation into the museum floors and rooms. The module is expressed as a navigation functionality, which is accessed through handheld devices and peripherals, such as PDAs and RFID tags. The proposed system is functional and operates into the Solomos Museum, situated in Zakynthos island, Greece
Міжнародна наукова конференція «Українська мова серед інших слов'янських: етнологічні та граматичні параметри»
5–6 листопада 2009 року у Кривому Розі відбулася Міжнародна наукова конференція «Українська мова серед інших слов’янських: етнологічні та граматичні параметри», присвячена світлій пам’яті видатного українського мовознавця Олександра Васильовича Царука
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