Muddiest Point

I understand with controlled vocabulary, websites cannot different between homonym meanings. I was wondering if one but an adjective of adverb with the respective homonym, such as record sound, Apple computer, or polish shoes, if the website would be able to differentiate these meaning easier.

Assignment 6

Here is my link for my website. I could not get it on the server, but at least it is somewhere in cyberspace. Thank you to everyone in LIS2600 who gave suggestions and helped me accomplish this small feat.

http://sites.google.com/site/theresaslis2600site/Home

Week 10 Comments

I commented on Eric's Blog:

https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6036476990105941684&postID=1089692876255855227&page=1

I thought the article about the deep web was interesting. I just don't understand why there are not more projects researching it if it is known that the information is much better. I would think it would be much more beneficial for everyone.

I commented on Lauren's Blog:

https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4181925387762663697&postID=3072857614832667163&page=1

You did an excellent job in summing up the point's of the articles. It definitely makes some of the confusing "deep" information easily understood. Thank you also for some great links!

Readings for Week 10

Web Search Engines

I thought this article was interesting. It is so amazing to me how quickly a system can filter through so much information and supply results in a few seconds. The only problem is the relevance of the results of the search or inquiry. The information about indexing algorithms and so on went a bit over my head, but I believe I understood the general basic information the article was trying to supply.

OAI Protocol for Harvesting Metadata

This article discussed trends and developments in harvesting metadata. The OAI world is divided into either data providers or service providers. It also discussed the challenges of the service providers and ideas to cut down on the problems. I liked reading about the different projects universities around the country are doing, especially the four that are digitizing sheet music. Overall I thought this article was pretty interesting.

The Deep Web

This article discusses the problems with being able to find relative information with the wealth of information available. Traditional search engines could not retrieve information in the deep web, but according to the author, the value of the deep web is immeasurable. I was curious what exactly is considered "the deep web." In looking at the chart, a few sites that are considered deep web I found surprising, such as eBay and Amazon. The article was interesting, but the more I read the more I felt that "the deep web" was a mystical place or similar to the black hole. Maybe there will be a cheesy sci-fi thriller entitled "The Deep Web" or maybe that is Captain Ahab's next adventure.

Muddiest Point

With mark up, do you have to use a code to indicate color, like HTML, or just write it? I was also curious if you needed a HTML basis before you use mark up?

Comments for week 9

I commented on Susan's Blog:

https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5671000685629389967&postID=5419411615626226200&page=1
I regards to your muddiest point, I am in agreement with you that this last assignment might be giving quite a few of us fits. It might help if you tackle it with the cheat sheet we had in the readings two weeks ago or so and also look at other people's online to figure out what does what. I think it might be the best way to tackle this and at least you know what works and does not from looking at other people's websites.

I commented on Peter's Blog:

https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4619180577856147392&postID=7019179531229777074&page=1

If you are not an IT professional this stuff becomes very confusing, as it is for me. I think Dr. He clarified HTML pretty well in class, which made the readings make for sense. Let's hope it will be the same for XML.

Week 9 Readings

Introducing the Extensible Markup Language (XML)

This article was an overview of XML. From my understanding, XML was designed to make it easy to interchange structured documents over the Internet. I am assuming it is "better" than HTML, but not exactly sure. That is about all I got out of the article, unfortunately. I basically went right over my head.

A Survey of XML Standards: Part 1

This article summarized the most important XML technologies and how they fit into the greater scope of the XML world. The site also had explanations with tutorials and other references to use XML. There was a mass of information, but easier to muddle through than the first article.

Extending Your Markup: an XML tutorial

This article states that XML is important for presentation, exchange, and management of information. HTML is about layout and XML is about the content of the data. I thought the article had good examples and good references to resources, software, and material to help you on your way. I still do not feel I am very solid on the lingo.

XML Schema Tutorial

From what I gathered from this article, XML schema is the successors of DTD's, whatever those are. The article also gives listings of what XML schema can do for you. It also provides examples and comparisons between simple XML document, DTD file, and XML schema as well as more details such as elements, attributes, and values. Hopefully at some point I will see the Holy Grail in all of this and it will make sense.

Muddiest Point:
How did someone come up with the color code for HTML? I was confused as to why it is in numeric code instead of written?

Assignment #5 Koha

Here is the link to my virtual shelf

http://pitt4.opacwc.liblime.com/cgi-bin/koha/opac-shelves.pl?viewshelf=39