Making distributed configuration

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Making distributed configuration simple with the
Torus
Mike Taylor, Index Data ltmike_at_indexdata.comgt
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Making distributed configuration as simple as
possible with the Torus
Mike Taylor, Index Data ltmike_at_indexdata.comgt
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Making distributed configuration as simple as
possible but no simpler with the Torus
Mike Taylor, Index Data ltmike_at_indexdata.comgt
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Goals for this talk
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Goals for this talk
1. Do not display any XML on the screen.
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Goals for this talk
1. Do not display any XML on the screen. 2. ...
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Goals for this talk
1. Do not display any XML on the screen. 2.
... 3. Profit!
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The problem
Suppose you have a metasearch engine. ... such
as Index Data's fine pazpar2, freely available
from http//indexdata.com/pazpar2/ How do you
choose the target databases? How do you
configure how they appear?
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Candidate solutions
ISO/IEC 11179? Too complex
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Candidate solutions
ISO/IEC 11179? Too complex UDDI? WAY too
complex
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Candidate solutions
ISO/IEC 11179? Too complex UDDI? WAY too
complex ZeeRex? Also too complex
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Candidate solutions
ISO/IEC 11179? Too complex UDDI? WAY too
complex ZeeRex? Also too complex A theme
begins to emerge ...
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Candidate solutions
ISO/IEC 11179? Too complex UDDI? WAY too
complex ZeeRex? Also too complex A theme
begins to emerge ...
Almost everything considered harmful
Almost everything considered harmful
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Our shiny, new solution
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Our shiny, new solution
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Our shiny, new solution
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Stop! Think calming thoughts!
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Stop! Think calming thoughts!
The Double Bacon Hamburger Fatty Melt From
thisiswhyyourefat.com
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Our shiny, new solution
ltsomeDumbRedundantWrappergt ltdisplayNamegtLibrary
of Congress Online Cataloglt/displayNamegt
ltcategoriesgtLibrary Cataloglt/categoriesgt
ltzurlgtz3950.loc.gov7090/Voyagerlt/zurlgt
lttermAttributesgt11016lt/termAttributesgt
ltauthorAttributesgt11003lt/authorAttributesgt
lttitleAttributesgt14lt/titleAttributesgt
ltsubjectAttributesgt121lt/subjectAttributesgt
ltdateAttributesgt130lt/dateAttributesgt
ltrequestSyntaxgtMARC21lt/requestSyntaxgt
ltrecordEncodinggtmarc-8slt/recordEncodinggt
ltqueryEncodinggtUTF8lt/queryEncodinggt
ltelementSetgtFlt/elementSetgt ltsomeDumbRedundantWrapp
ergt
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Our shiny, new solution
ltsomeDumbRedundantWrappergt ltdisplayNamegtLibrary
of Congress Online Cataloglt/displayNamegt
ltcategoriesgtLibrary Cataloglt/categoriesgt
ltzurlgtz3950.loc.gov7090/Voyagerlt/zurlgt
lttermAttributesgt11016lt/termAttributesgt
ltauthorAttributesgt11003lt/authorAttributesgt
lttitleAttributesgt14lt/titleAttributesgt
ltsubjectAttributesgt121lt/subjectAttributesgt
ltdateAttributesgt130lt/dateAttributesgt
ltrequestSyntaxgtMARC21lt/requestSyntaxgt
ltrecordEncodinggtmarc-8slt/recordEncodinggt
ltqueryEncodinggtUTF8lt/queryEncodinggt
ltelementSetgtFlt/elementSetgt ltsomeDumbRedundantWrapp
ergt
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Our shiny, new solution
Display Name Library of Congress Online
Catalog Categories Library Catalog Z39.50
URL z3950.loc.gov7090/Voyager Term
Attributes 11016 Author Attributes
11003 Title Attributes 14 Subject
Attributes 121 Date Attributes
130 Request Syntax MARC21 Record
Encoding marc-8s Query Encoding UTF8 Element
Set F
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Target profiles are simple things
Lots of other data objects are simple,
too. Using a simple, flat, bag-of-fields
model opens up new possibilities Translucency!
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Target profiles are simple things
Display Name Library of Congress Online
Catalog LC Catalog Categories Library
Catalog Z39.50 URL z3950.loc.gov7090/Voyager T
erm Attributes 11016 Author Attributes
11003 11 Title Attributes
14 Subject Attributes 121 Date Attributes
130 Request Syntax MARC21 Record
Encoding marc-8s Query Encoding UTF8 Element
Set F
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Translucent Record Store TORUS
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Local metasearcher
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Local metasearcher
Metasearch provider
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Local metasearcher
Another local metasearcher
Metasearch provider
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Local metasearcher
Another local metasearcher
Metasearch provider
IRSpy pool
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Local metasearcher
Another local metasearcher
Metasearch provider
IRSpy pool
UK higher education pool
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Local metasearcher
Another local metasearcher
Metasearch provider
IRSpy pool
UK higher education pool
World higher education pool
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Thanks for listening
Mike Taylor, Index Data ltmike_at_indexdata.comgt