Mathematics Subject Classification and related schemes in the OAI framework
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Transcript of Mathematics Subject Classification and related schemes in the OAI framework
Antonella De Robbio,
Dario Maguolo
Mathematics Library – University Library System
University of Padova – ITALY
Mathematics Subject Classificationand related schemes in the OAI framework
Electronic Information and Communication in Mathematics
Beijing, August 29-31, 2002 A satellite conference to the ICM
2002, International Congress of Mathematicians
Alberto MariniInstitute for Applied Mathematicsand Information Technology –
National Research Council(CNR-IMATI), Milano - ITALY
Contents
Subject classification Discipline-oriented schemes
in mathematics and related disciplines The structure of classification schemes From structure to browsing The Scientific Classifications Page
The OAI framework Searching through personal homepages and small archives E-print communication:
tools and networking architectures The Open Archives Initiative (OAI) OAI compatible refereed self-archives: the EPrints software
Subject classification schemes in mathematics
MSC – Mathematics Subject Classificationfor the bibliographic databases
– MathSci, edited by the American Mathematical Society– Zentralblatt MATH, edited by the European Mathematical Society,
the Fachinformationszentrum (FIZ) Karlsruhe, Germany and other Editorial Units all over Europe
ZDM – Zentralblatt für Didaktik der Mathematik Classification Schemefor the bibliographic database
– MathDI, edited by the European Mathematical Society, FIZ Karlsruhe, and Zentrum für Didaktik der Mathematik at Karlsruhe University, in cooperation with Math Doc Cell (France)
Subject classification schemes in computing and physics
CCS – Computing Classification System developed by the Association for Computing Machinery
PACS Physics and Astronomy Classification Scheme
developed by the American Institute of Physics INSPEC Classification
– Section A: Physics & Astronomy– Section B: Electrical & Electronic Engineering– Section C: Computer & Control– Section D: Information Technology
JEL Classification Systemdeveloped by the American Economic Association Such topics are mostly located in the 62 Statistics, 90 Operations research,
mathematical programming, and 91 Game theory, economics, social and behavioral sciences sections of MSC2000
The common structure ofsubject classification schemes
Categories: Codes and Descriptions
Main ordering relation: mono- or multihierarchical
Cross-referencesVersions
Classification schemes:from structure to browsing
Browsing for search or data entryin metadata repositories
Organizing knowledgein lexical databases, dictionaries, encyclopedias, surveys,digital libraries
The Scientific Classification Pagehttp://www.math.unipd.it/~biblio/math/eng.htm
Sections: The Mathematics Classification Page Mathematics Subject Classification MSC and
Dewey Decimal Classification DDC Relating Scientific Subject Classifications
Display modes: Simple frame Double view KWIC lists of descriptions
The Mathematics Classification Page
MSC 2000 in: simple frame presentation
– English text– Italian translation– interleaved English and Italian texts– with marks of changes from MSC 1991– with links to subject specific pages
of relevant Websites
double view presentation – English text
RelatingScientific Subject Classifications
linked categoriesin double view presentation of:
ACM CCS (1998) and MSC 2000
separate KWIC lists of descriptions of: MSC 2000 PACS 2001 ACM CCS (1998) – English text
– English text with appended Italian text
a combined KWIC list of descriptions of: MSC 2000 and PACS 2001 MSC 2000 and ACM CCS (1998)
Towards the OAI framework
The need of quick researchcommunication vs.the slow formal processof journal submission
Dissemination methods:from paper documentsto the Internet
Searching through personal homepages and small archives
The fragmented worldof ftp sites and web pages
Citeseer-Researchindex:one solution...
E-print communication:tools and networking strategies
small specialized archives arXiv: a potentially catch-all archive single or networked institutional archives
(NCSTRL, ERCIM Technical Reference Digital Library)
distributed networks connected by some interoperability protocol (RePEc, ReLIS)
umbrella servers (MPRESS) servers connected to groups of journals servers sponsored by commercial publishers
The Open Archives Initiative
Fundamental concepts and tools:
Data providers
Service providers– Search facilities for end users– Reference linking
Metadata harvesting– The OAI Protocol for Metadata Harvesting
OAI compatible refereed self-archives:the EPrints software
EPrints developed at the University of Southampton (UK). Functions
– Searching in the archive– Browsing the archive– User registration– Depositing an e-print– Processing a submission– Exporting metadata
for OAI-compliant harvesting
Conclusions
The OAI framework can be integrated byarchives and service providerswith enriched browsing functionalities
Hypertextual displays of a full network of bridges among specific subject areas canguide advanced communication activitiesinside mathematics and between thedisciplines that live and develop with mathematics