Workshop Session A3:
"How to Find a Needle in the Haystack"
This page provides details for the workshop session on
"How to Find a Needle in the Haystack".
- Title:
- How to Find a Needle in the Haystack
- Facilitator:
-
Adrian Stevenson, University of Manchester
- Abstract:
- Higher and further education provide a wide range of high-quality Web sites
and services but the sheer range and number of these services can often be confusing
to users, who may have to search across a number of resources, with different
interfaces, search criteria and formats. The move towards the development of
cross searching capabilities provides a means to simplify the users' experience,
which should encourage take-up and allow institutions to provide one interface
to a whole range of services. This session will look at the technologies that can
be used to achieve cross searching capabilities, covering Z39.50,
XML,
OAI and the development of Web Services.
The session will concentrate on looking at real life implementations of these
technologies within the e-learning, bibliographic and archival domains. This session
will argue that XML is the key enabler for the growth of a distributed searching
environment.
- Learning Outcomes:
- This session is intended to provide a non-technical explanation of Web-based distributed
searching applications and to show attendees that real progress is being made in implementing
solutions for distributed searching. It will help people to appreciate the real-world benefits
of XML.
- Room Requirements:
- PC and data projector.
- Time:
- Venue:
- Conference Room 3 (capacity 14/25).
See venue details.
- This session took place from 16:00-17:30 on Wednesday 6th July 2005.
- Contact Details
- Adrian Stevenson
Senior Technical Development Officer
Manchester Computing
University of Manchester
Oxford Road
Manchester
M13 9PL
Phone: +44 161 275 7044
Email: adrian.stevenson AT manchester.ac.uk
- Web sites:
- <http://www.mimas.ac.uk/>
<http://www.jorum.ac.uk/>
