Title :
Tailoring Z39.50 on existing databases: the ARCA project
Author :
Loffredo, M. ; Baldacci, M.B. ; Signore, O.
Author_Institution :
Istituto CNUCE, CNR, Pisa, Italy
Abstract :
The Z39.50 protocol aims at opening databases to client-server communication. However, in the case of large databases, like OPACs, the migration to the client-server architecture may require significant effort. This can hardly limit the diffusion of the open systems environment. The ARCA project gives solutions to these problems by providing a system which makes an OPAC a Z39.50 target with a minimal effort. The paper describes the basic ideas, the general architecture and the main functionality of the system, outlining its contribution to systems interoperability
Keywords :
access protocols; bibliographic systems; cataloguing; client-server systems; distributed databases; library automation; open systems; public information systems; very large databases; ARCA project; OPAC; Z39.50 protocol; client-server architecture; client-server communication; existing databases; large databases; libraries; network Information Retrieval; open systems environment; system migration; systems interoperability; Catalogs; Databases; Information retrieval; Internet; Libraries; Open systems; Protocols; Resource management; Strontium; Technology management;
Conference_Titel :
Database and Expert Systems Applications, 1997. Proceedings., Eighth International Workshop on
Conference_Location :
Toulouse
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-8147-0
DOI :
10.1109/DEXA.1997.617304
