XML: how it will be applied to digital library systems

• Published in: Electronic library Vol. 18; no. 3; pp. 183 - 189
• Main Authors: Kim, Hyun-Hee, Choi, Chang-Seok
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Bradford MCB UP Ltd 01.01.2000; Available electronically: http://www; Emerald; Learned Information; Emerald Group Publishing Limited
• Subjects: Bibliographic description. Cataloging. Referencing; Comparative Analysis; Computer languages; Computer Simulation; Digital libraries; Dublin Core; Electronic Equipment; Electronic Libraries; Exact sciences and technology; Extensible Markup Language; Foreign Countries; HTML; Information and communication sciences; Information and document structure and analysis; Information processing and retrieval; Information Retrieval; Information science. Documentation; Internet; Knowledge Management; Korea; Libraries; Library Computer Systems; Library information networks; Library Networks; Library science; Library technology; Markup languages; Metadata; Programming languages (Electronic computers); Quality Assurance; Quality Control; Sciences and techniques of general use; Semantics; Virtual reality; World Wide Web; XML; XML (Document markup language); South Korea; Computer languages; Information retrieval; Libraries; Internet; Virtual reality; Information system; XML standard; System description; World wide web; Metadata; Record format; Document type definition; Electronic library
• ISSN: 0264-0473; 0024-2306; 1758-616X
• DOI: 10.1108/EUM0000000005354

The purpose of this paper is to show how XML is applied to digital library systems. For a better understanding of XML, the major features of XML are reviewed and compared with those of HTML. An experimental XML-based metadata retrieval system, which is designed as a subsystem of the Korean Virtual Library and Information System (VINIS) is demonstrated. The metadata retrieval system consists of two modules: a retrieval module and a browsing module. The retrieval module allows the retrieval of metadata stored in Microsoft Access files and the display of search results in an XML file format, while the browse module permits browsing of metadata in XML XSL document formats. Finally, some issues for a more efficient application of XML to digital libraries are discussed.