Cultural Subject Gateways on the Web

ACCESSING DIGITIZED INFORMATION VIA NEW INTERNET-BASED TOOLS

Abstract. This presentation, reviews issues concerning the design and implementation of quality-controlled subject gateways to information that may appear anywhere on the Internet and in a variety of electronic formats. The presentation also outlines real case studies, portals where the technologies mentioned above are applied.

This chapter details the design issues of subject gateways, technical alternatives and the degree of automation that is required and achievable with current technology.  It also presents design and implementation details of two efforts in the field. It reviews the software tools used, raises the issues of information harvesting, electronic metadata on remote and local resources as well as the problems related to access, storage, and copyright of electronic documents. Portals and their special case vortals are included.

This chapter is available as a one-day (6-hour) training package for a seminar: the text with remarks for the trainer, references and a collection of PowerPoint slides.

• Who’s it for?
  Ideal for anyone who needs to know more about the latest trends in technological applications in the field of culture and cultural education, especially in information retrieval and harvesting tools, offering access to the knowledge of leading Internet experts.
• What will I learn?

  • Gateways, what are they for?

  • Knowledge for building subject gateways, portals

  • Strategic information management and technical levels that need to be resolved before building portal

  • What is a selective Internet guide?

  • Software aspects of the subject-oriented gateway

  • Cultural portals, thematic webs

  • Information retrieval, information harvesting on remote and local resources

  • Examples, technology applications, digital libraries.

Konstantinos Chandrinos,
Institute of Informatics and Telecommunication,
The National Center for Scientific Research "Demokritos", Greece 

Pal Vasarhelyi,
Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary

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