FW: Re: DSpace at NLM

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-----Original Message-----
From: Bass, Mick [mailto:mick.bass@hp.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2003 5:11 PM
To: MacKenzie Smith; dspace-code@MIT.EDU; simile@cally.hpl.hp.com; Genesis Team (org-hpl-stl-amd@groups.hp.com); Butler, Mark; Seaborne, Andy; Paul Shabajee; Shabajee, Paul
Subject: RE: Re: DSpace at NLM


Many of these appear to be interesting potential use cases for SIMILE.

Comments?

MacKenzie: any problem crossposting this to SIMILE PI's?

> -----Original Message-----
> From: MacKenzie Smith [mailto:kenzie@MIT.EDU]
> Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2003 3:20 PM
> To: dspace-code@MIT.EDU
> Subject: Fwd: Re: DSpace at NLM
> 
> 
> 
> >Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2003 09:28:46 -0500 (EST)
> >From: <moore@nlm.nih.gov>
> >To: MacKenzie Smith <kenzie@mit.edu>
> >cc: byrnes@mail.nlm.nih.gov
> >Subject: Re: DSpace at NLM
> >
> >Hi MacKenzie - yes, I can elaborate.
> >
> >Basically, NLM's initial focus is to be able to archive web
> resources,
> >although we would want to be able to include all electronic
> resources
> >in the end.  NLM has also undertaken tasks to add metadata
> into our web
> >documents already and we would like to be able to "harvest" that
> >information out of our documents upon upload into an 
> archiving system.
> >Here are the issues that we could not get around:
> >
> >1) Any file to be archived has to be specified individually
> for upload
> >into the archive.   Multiple files that are part of a 
> complex resource
> >cannot be automatically uploaded by specifying an uploading start
> >point.  Additionally, multiple files in a complex resource, once 
> >uploaded, are not integrated and do not appear in any logical order.
> >
> >For instance, we would like to be able to archive some of our online
> >exhibits.  These consists of many files as a group.  We want 
> people to
> >be able to browse the exhibit in the archive just as if it was still
> >"live".
> >
> >2) it is unable to handle all files associated to one resource as an
> >aggregate collection.  There is no way to archive an HTML 
> file and all
> >of its associated file members (i.e. GIF's), so that the item would
> >appear in it's original form once in the archive.
> >
> >3) All files for upload into the archive must be available from the
> >user's PC file system.  It is unable to upload files into 
> the archive
> >by specifying the resource's URL.
> >
> >4) It does not consider metadata that already exists in the
> body of a
> >resource.  Metadata already entered by NLM staff can not be
> >automatically captured into the archive when an item is 
> uploaded into
> >the archive.  Implies required duplicate metadata entry.
> >
> >5) The Handles system seemed to be very slow much of the time.
> >
> >
> >These were the main show stoppers for us.  Again, thanks for
> letting us
> >try out your product.
> >
> >Robin
> >
> >
> >On Mon, 10 Mar 2003, MacKenzie Smith wrote:
> >
> > > Dear Robin,
> > >
> > > Thanks very much for letting me know the outcome of your
> > > investigation.
> > >
> > > If you can spare the time, we could really use feedback on the
> > > particular deficiencies or other issues that led you to this 
> > > decision -- I think organizations like yours (e.g. NARA 
> and NAL, who
> > > are also evaluating it) would be interested, and you
> could possibly
> > > save them time. I completely agree that we've optimized
> the system
> > > for a very different type of organization than yours, but
> since so
> > > many archives seem to want to use it anyway it would be
> very helpful
> > > to understand a bit more about what you wanted to do that
> the system
> > > couldn't accommodate. If it would be easier to do this by
> phone, let
> > > me know.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > MacKenzie/
> > >
> > > At 02:11 PM 3/10/2003 -0500, you wrote:
> > >
> > > >Hi MacKenzie - I wanted to let you know that NLM has
> finished our
> > > >evaluation of DSpace as a viable tool for our digital archiving
> > > >needs.  Although we have found it to be a most interesting 
> > > >application, we have verified for ourselves that DSpace will not 
> > > >meet our specific needs as an archiving tool.
> > > >
> > > >We realize it was created for an acedemic environment,
> but we still
> > > >wanted to investigate it's possibilities.
> > > >
> > > >Thanks so much for your help and for letting us try the product
> > > >ourselves.  We wish you much success in the future.
> > > >
> > > >Robin
> > >
> > > MacKenzie Smith
> > > Associate Director for Technology
> > > MIT Libraries
> > > Building 14S-208
> > > 77 Massachusetts Avenue
> > > Cambridge, MA  02139
> > > (617)253-8184
> > > kenzie@mit.edu
>

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