Transcript Mathematics Subject Classification and related

Mathematics Subject Classification
and 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
Antonella De Robbio,
Dario Maguolo
Mathematics Library – University
Library System
University of Padova – ITALY
Alberto Marini
Institute for Applied Mathematics
and Information Technology –
National Research Council
(CNR-IMATI), Milano - ITALY
Contents
Subject classification
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Discipline-oriented schemes
in mathematics and related disciplines
The structure of classification schemes
From structure to browsing
The Scientific Classifications Page
The OAI framework
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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
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MSC – Mathematics Subject Classification
for 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
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ZDM – Zentralblatt für Didaktik der Mathematik
Classification Scheme
for 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
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CCS – Computing Classification System
developed by the Association for Computing Machinery
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PACS
Physics and Astronomy Classification Scheme
developed by the American Institute of Physics
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INSPEC Classification
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Section A: Physics & Astronomy
Section B: Electrical & Electronic Engineering
Section C: Computer & Control
Section D: Information Technology
The common structure of
subject classification schemes
Categories:
Codes and Descriptions
 Main ordering relation:
mono- or multihierarchical
 Cross-references
 Versions
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Classification schemes:
from structure to browsing
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Browsing for search or data entry
in metadata repositories
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Organizing knowledge
in lexical databases, dictionaries,
encyclopedias, surveys,
digital libraries
The Scientific Classification Page
http://www.math.unipd.it/~biblio/math/eng.htm
Sections:
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The Mathematics Classification Page
Mathematics Subject Classification MSC and
Dewey Decimal Classification DDC
Relating Scientific Subject Classifications
Display modes:
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Simple frame
Double view
KWIC lists of descriptions
The Mathematics Classification Page
MSC 2000 in:
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simple frame presentation
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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
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English text
Relating
Scientific Subject Classifications
linked categories
in 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
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The need of quick research
communication vs.
the slow formal process
of journal submission
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Dissemination methods:
from paper documents
to the Internet
Searching through personal homepages
and small archives
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The fragmented world
of ftp sites and web pages
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Citeseer-Researchindex:
one solution...
E-print communication:
tools and networking strategies
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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:
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Data providers
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Service providers
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Search facilities for end users
Reference linking
Metadata harvesting
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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 by
archives and service providers
with enriched browsing functionalities
Hypertextual displays of a full network of
bridges among specific subject areas can
guide advanced communication activities
inside mathematics and between the
disciplines that live and develop with
mathematics