Mantis explores the use and integration of Dublin Core, RDF, XML, MARC, Scorpion, and Kilroy. PURL Persistent Uniform Resource Locator. Provides an efficient means of managing persistent names for items that move around on the Web. These names can be used in cataloguing records and general HTML documents. Reference in Context Developing a detailed understanding of the communication flow and the rich context in which library users and reference librarinas work toward successfully negotiating the information resources available today both electronically and in print.
Scorpion Explores the indexing and cataloging of electronic resources.
Since subject information is key to advanced retrieval, browsing, and clustering, the primary focus of Scorpion is building tools for automatic subject recognition based on well known schemes like the Dewey Decimal System. An ongoing study to identify, measure, and evaluate the characteristics of Web-accessible information. WordSmith Accessing electronic information requires the sophisticated treatment of words or word-like phrases. A small number of important words, phrases, or names reveals the content of a document. WordSmith can improve user access to collections of electronic text by developing effective ways to identify and organize these important clues to content.