A Developing Search Service: Heterogeneous Resources Integration and Retrieval System (10 Mar 2004)

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A Developing Search Service: Heterogeneous Resources Integration and Retrieval System (10 Mar 2004)
Libraries now face a dilemma. On one hand, libraries subscribe to many types of database retrieval systems that are produced by various providers. The libraries build their data and information systems independently. This results in highly heterogeneous and distributed systems at the technical level (e.g., different operating systems and user interfaces) and at the conceptual level (e.g., the same objects are named using different terms). On the other hand, end users want to access all these heterogeneous data via a union interface, without having to know the structure of each information system or the different retrieval methods used by the systems. Libraries must achieve a harmony between information providers and users.

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