SAICSIT 2011 A1 portrait_poster

SAICSIT 2011 A1 portrait_poster

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  A lightweight digitallibrary framework Lighton Phiri Department of Computer Science, University of Cape Town Introduction Digital Library System services and storage tools have evolved and become complex, effectively making them difficult to maintain, extend and reuse. This is a phenomenon common in environment with limited resources. One proposed solution is the implementation of a lightweight Digital Library framework for simple online or offline digital archives. The proposed framework has been given the name simplyCT and forms the basis for this research. Objectives  To investigate the feasibility of implementing Digital Library Systems using simple architectures  To define simplicity for Digital Library System storage and service architectures  To compare simple architectures with complex architectures Methodology Current work  A preliminary study involving implementing a  Digital Library static collection prototype rudimentary digital library collection prototype is  Collection has a total of 19,745 images ( ~6.5GB) currently in progress  Dublin Core Application Profile has been created  A theory derivation process will be aided by a  Uses qualified Dublin Core Metadata Specification case study of existing Digital Library Systems  Metadata objects linked using relation element  The simplyCT principles will be derived and a  Makes use of a hierarchical file store mapping done with results from the case study  A proof of concept prototype Digital Library Anticipated outcome System will be implemented and integrated with  A formal Definition of simplicity for Digital Library various real world digital collections System design  A proof of concept Digital Library System Evaluation  A comprehensive set of unifying concepts behind simplyCT framework  The overall research assessment will be based on a three axis evaluation strategy  The efficiency will be evaluated using a series of controlled experiments [email protected]  The effectiveness will involved integration of the http://people.cs.uct.ac.za/~lphiri prototype Digital library system with real world University of Cape Town collections Cape Town  The usefulness will be evaluated using user South Africa studies