Emerald | Program: electronic library and information systems | Evaluation of Interoperability Protocols in Repositories of Electronic Theses and Dissertations

abernard102@gmail.com 2012-11-20

Summary:

Use the link to access pay-per-view options for the article published in Program: electronic library and information available from Emerald.  The abstract reads as follows: "Purpose - The purpose of the study is to evaluate the status of eight interoperability protocols within repositories of Electronic Theses and Dissertations (ETDs) as an introduction to further studies on the feasibility of deploying these protocols in upcoming areas of interoperability. Design/methodology/approach - Three surveys of 266 ETD repositories, 15 common ETD management software solutions, and 136 ETD experts were conducted in order to appraise the protocols. These protocols were evaluated in four categories of aggregation, syndication, distributed search, and publishing protocols. Findings - This study revealed that, despite its drawbacks, Protocol for Metadata Harvesting (PMH) is still the most utilized interoperability protocol within ETD providers, ETD software developers, and implementers, followed by ATOM and ORE (Object Reuse and Exchange) protocols. However, in all competitive areas related to performance and functionality, ORE surpasses other protocols. It was also found that the three protocols of ATOM, PMH, and ORE could be used interchangeably in the most use cases of interoperability protocols in repositories. Practical implications - In this research, a combination of methods was employed to evaluate the statues of protocols, from perspectives of data providers, software providers, and implementers. Practitioners may use these methods to assess other protocols in terms of effectiveness and efficiency. Originality/value - The conduct of this study involves three types of surveys, through which different aspects of interoperability protocols are evaluated. Prior to the conduct of this study, there is yet any study focusing on the same topic which has adopted the multi-method that has been adopted in this study."

Link:

http://www.emeraldinsight.com/journals.htm?articleid=17065435&WT.mc_id=journaltocalerts

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Tags:

oa.new oa.green oa.best_practices oa.harvesting oa.ir oa.interoperability oa.metadata oa.standards oa.etds oa.repositories.case oa.oai=pmh oa.paywalled oa.repositories

Date tagged:

11/20/2012, 15:33

Date published:

11/20/2012, 10:33