Tailoring Z39.50 on existing databases: the ARCA project

Author

Loffredo, M. ; Baldacci, M.B. ; Signore, O.

Author_Institution

Istituto CNUCE, CNR, Pisa, Italy

fYear

1997

Firstpage

332

Lastpage

338

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;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Database and Expert Systems Applications, 1997. Proceedings., Eighth International Workshop on

Conference_Location

Toulouse

Print_ISBN

0-8186-8147-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/DEXA.1997.617304

Filename

617304