SRG Data Object Table

Added by Deborah Bracken, last edited by Gaurav Cedric Bhatnagar on Oct 18, 2007  (view change)
Data Object Person(s) Assigned Required User Input Data Source Location Stored (stored in Sakai? Retrieved on the fly?) What's stored in SRG?
Title/metadata for research guide Susan Fill in form manually or import from an existing subject guide Browse research guides in Sakai or research guides stored on library servers (if possible) Stored in Sakai Title and metadata
Citation Jim Fill-in form to create a citation manually, or complete a search and select a citation from search results, or browse through existing citation lists and select a citation Varies stored in CitationService citation-id
Citation list Jim Use filepicker to embed a link to a citation list. This involves either creating a citation list and linking to it or linking to an existing citation list Filepicker browses items in Sakai's Content Hosting Service Store a reference to the resource and retrieve when needed resource-id of Citation list
Searchable database link Steve/Jon Base URL and qualifiers (whatever is required to reference the source uniquely), Title, Description Database details stored in Sakai Search results are dynamic, returned by the target DB, potentially saved in Sakai  
Set of links to searchable databases in a particular category Steve/Jon Category Title and Description, and a list of database links (see above) Category and database details stored in Sakai Search results are dynamic, potentially saved in Sakai  
Canned search link for Web, database, or library catalog Gaurav/Susan
  1. SRG author chooses website, database, or library catalog to search
  2. SRG author specifies search query (selecting search sources, title/author/keyword/subject/years/etc.)
  3. SRG author submits a description of the purpose for this canned search
 Website, database, or library catalog to search Canned search details need to be stored in the SRG
  • website, database, library catalog URL (connection & query information)
    • SRG might need some way of translating from a standard "canned search" format to connect to various outside data sources
  • complex search query (might be rolled into the URL)
  • description
Constrained search box for Web, database(s), or library catalog Gaurav/Susan
  1. SRG author chooses website, database, or library catalog to search
  2. SRG author specifies search constraints (selecting search sources, title/author/keyword/subject/years/etc.; can the SRG user enter an author/year/etc.?)
  3. SRG author submits a description of the purpose for this constrained search (describes the reasons for the constraints)
  4. SRG user submits keyword (or other allowed fields)
 Website, database, or library catalog to search Constrained search details need to be stored in the SRG
  • website, database, library catalog URL (connection & query information)
    • SRG might need some way of translating from a standard "constrained search" format to connect to various outside data sources
  • complex search query (might be rolled into the URL)
  • description
RSS feed Damian URL of Feed. (Possibly the number of entries to include in the feed.) URL of RSS feed. On the fly URL of feed
Link to arbitrary URL Susan Fill-in URL and link title Fill in form manually or import from an existing subject guide Stored in Sakai URL and title
Link to generic individual ("a librarian") Ken/Mike        
Link to titled individual ("this course's instructor", "subject specialist in biology", etc.) Ken/Mike        
Link to specific individual ("Bill Dueber") Ken/Mike        
Link to location (a library, academic building, office, etc.) Ken/Mike        
Freeform rich text Susan Fill-in form Fill-in manually Stored in Sakai Text
Audio file Damian Either URL or an Upload/Attatchment An audio file If uploaded, stored in Sakai. If a URL, on the fly.  
Comment Susan Fill-in form Fill-in manually Stored in Sakai Text
           

Question about data sources

What is meant by "Web, database(s), or library catalog"?

Is it simple enough to just paste a URL? Or, do we need to understand the query structure of an external search engine?

For example

We might be able to assume that the GoogleScholar and Amazon.com links will produce a fresh search each time they are clicked. The LexisNexis link, however, is meaningless.

The assumption for completing the above table is that we cannot use only a URL.

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