3.4 Handle server 4 Ubiquity of URNs 1. This also includes a discussion of open questions or problems in that area. The impetus for this is both pragmatic and theoretical. However, it was difficult to use this representation as input to other systems, such as IBM Digital Library and OCLC SiteSearch.
Some transformation is needed.
Another thing lacking was rigorous descriptive metadata for ETDs, which had tended to evolve out of immediate pragmatic concerns. So, in hand with canonicalisation of ETD data came a definition of ETD metadata, which is based upon the Dublin Core. With its finalisation, it is intended that metadata and ETD be combined in a simple SGML encoding. This SGML database record can then be transported and converted in straightforward fashion to any specific filesystem layout or input format as necessary. Two of these are test-bed implementations with IBM Digital Library and OCLC SiteSearch.