Mining scientific data archives through metadata generation (open access)

Mining scientific data archives through metadata generation

Data analysis and management tools typically have not supported the documenting of data, so scientists must manually maintain all information pertaining to the context and history of their work. This metadata is critical to effective retrieval and use of the masses of archived data, yet little of it exists on-line or in an accessible format. Exploration of archived legacy data typically proceeds as a laborious process, using commands to navigate through file structures on several machines. This file-at-a-time approach needs to be replaced with a model that represents data as collections of interrelated objects. The tools that support this model must focus attention on data while hiding the complexity of the computational environment. This problem was addressed by developing a tool for exploring large amounts of data in UNIX directories via automatic generation of metadata summaries. This paper describes the model for metadata summaries of collections and the Data Miner tool for interactively traversing directories and automatically generating metadata that serves as a quick overview and index to the archived data. The summaries include thumbnail images as well as links to the data, related directories, and other metadata. Users may personalize the metadata by adding a title and abstract to …
Date: April 1, 1997
Creator: Springmeyer, R.; Werner, N. & Long, J.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Funding on Preservation of Documents] transcript

[Funding on Preservation of Documents]

Sound recording of a meeting held in Abilene, TX, discussing the Local Government Records Act (LGRA) passed September 1, 1989. First speaker: Christopher Laplante, Director of the Texas State Library and Archives Commission; Second speaker: Associate Director of Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library at Texas Tech; Third speaker: Kent Keeth, Director of the Texas Collection at Baylor University. Topics of the meeting include the history of the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC), changes made by the LGRA, and guidelines and procedures for grant application processes.
Date: April 1990
Creator: Hays, Margaret Parx
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from Joe A. Wilson to Todd Bradford Willis, April 8, 1996] (open access)

[Letter from Joe A. Wilson to Todd Bradford Willis, April 8, 1996]

Letter from Bishop Joe A. Wilson to Todd Bradford Willis on April 8, 1996, thanking Willis for his generous donation of money to the church in memory of John Todd Willis, Jr.
Date: April 8, 1996
Creator: Wilson, Joe A.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pro Bono Programs - Democracy's Guarantor (open access)

Pro Bono Programs - Democracy's Guarantor

Text of remarks by Barbara Jordan regarding the virtue of pro bono work on behalf of the poor.
Date: April 26, 1995
Creator: Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Relation Between Liberty and the Rule of Law (open access)

The Relation Between Liberty and the Rule of Law

Text of speech at New York University's Annual Survey of American Law. She discusses the differences between liberty and the rule as well, as well as examples of what those terms mean.
Date: April 26, 1990
Creator: Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Barbara Jordan, Huston-Tillotson College, April 7, 1995 (open access)

Barbara Jordan, Huston-Tillotson College, April 7, 1995

Text for a speech by Barbara C. Jordan at Huston-Tillotson College in Austin, Texas about race and equality.
Date: April 7, 1995
Creator: Jordan, Barbara C.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Still Looking For The Mean! (open access)

Still Looking For The Mean!

Text for a speech by Barbara C. Jordan at Morgan State University in Baltimore, Maryland, for the university's celebration of 125 years of service.
Date: April 8, 1993
Creator: Jordan, Barbara C.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Barbara Jordan, TCB-Dallas (open access)

Barbara Jordan, TCB-Dallas

Text for a speech given by Barbara C. Jordan at a luncheon for Texas Commerce Bank - Dallas.
Date: April 13, 1994
Creator: Jordan, Barbara C.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
TCB-Riverside, April 6, 1994 (open access)

TCB-Riverside, April 6, 1994

Text for a speech given by Barbara C. Jordan for Texas Commerce Bank - Riverside. The text is a mix of typed and handwritten notes.
Date: April 6, 1994
Creator: Jordan, Barbara C.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Women in Action: Religious, Responsible Role Models (open access)

Women in Action: Religious, Responsible Role Models

Text of remarks of Barbara Jordan before the congregation of Good Hope Baptist Church regarding the Biblical concept of virtue in women and calls for black women to re-establish the family as a source of ethical training.
Date: April 24, 1994
Creator: Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
A Celebration of Our African-American Legal Legacy (open access)

A Celebration of Our African-American Legal Legacy

Text of remarks by Barbara Jordan before the Thurgood Marshall Legal Society. She describes how members of legal professions are required by a democratic society, and how African-American lawyers in particular have safeguarded legal rights.
Date: April 17, 1993
Creator: Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Still Looking For The Mean! (open access)

Still Looking For The Mean!

Text for a speech by Barbara C. Jordan at the Oklahoma Foundation for Excellence in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The speech addresses the ongoing struggle for equality in America.
Date: April 24, 1993
Creator: Jordan, Barbara C.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Remarks of Barbara Jordan at Bell Helicopter, April 6, 1995, Fort Worth, Texas] (open access)

[Remarks of Barbara Jordan at Bell Helicopter, April 6, 1995, Fort Worth, Texas]

Text of speech by Barbara Jordan regarding Bell Helicopter's corporate ethics. She states that they should expand their code of ethics outward into the community.
Date: April 6, 1995
Creator: Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pro Bono Programs - Democracies' Guarantor (open access)

Pro Bono Programs - Democracies' Guarantor

Text for a speech given by Barbara C. Jordan at the Pro Bono Conference in Austin, Texas.
Date: April 11, 1992
Creator: Jordan, Barbara C.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Physical Therapy: A Primary Health Care Profession (open access)

Physical Therapy: A Primary Health Care Profession

Text for a speech given by Barbara C. Jordan for the Texas Physical Therapy Association in Austin, Texas, about health care reform.
Date: April 29, 1993
Creator: Jordan, Barbara C.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Barbara C. Jordan Keynote Address for Southern Africa Grantmakers' Affinity Group Council on Foundations] (open access)

[Barbara C. Jordan Keynote Address for Southern Africa Grantmakers' Affinity Group Council on Foundations]

Text for a speech given by Barbara C. Jordan as the keynote address for the Southern Africa Grantmakers' Affinity Group Council on Foundations in Chicago.
Date: April 21, 1991
Creator: Jordan, Barbara C.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Barbara C. Jordan Speech for Texas Commerce Bank Luncheon] (open access)

[Barbara C. Jordan Speech for Texas Commerce Bank Luncheon]

Text for a speech given by Barbara C. Jordan for a Texas Commerce Bank luncheon, congratulating to John Adams and his board members for their initiatives, and championing the values of tolerance, responsibility, and citizenship.
Date: April 13, 1994
Creator: Jordan, Barbara C.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
U.S. Senators - A Distinction With a Difference (open access)

U.S. Senators - A Distinction With a Difference

Text of a speech, entitled "U.S. Senators - A Distinction With a Difference," given by Barbara C. Jordan befor the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee.
Date: April 25, 1992
Creator: Jordan, Barbara C.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
A Celebration of Our African-American Legal Legacy (open access)

A Celebration of Our African-American Legal Legacy

Text of a speech given by Barbara Jordan for the Thurgood Marshall Legal Society of the University of Texas. The speech is entitled "A Celebration of Our African-American Legal Legacy."
Date: April 17, 1993
Creator: Jordan, Barbara C.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Keynote Address Given by Barbara C. Jordan at the Southern Africa Grantmakers' Affinity Group Council on Foundations] (open access)

[Keynote Address Given by Barbara C. Jordan at the Southern Africa Grantmakers' Affinity Group Council on Foundations]

Text of a keynote address given by Barbara C. Jordan at the Southern Africa Grantmakers' Affinity Group Council on Foundation, covering the topic of spreading the American notion of civil society to the rest of the world.
Date: April 21, 1991
Creator: Jordan, Barbara C.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Federal Register Volume 62, No. 78, Pages 19884  to 19887, April 23, 1997 (open access)

Federal Register Volume 62, No. 78, Pages 19884 to 19887, April 23, 1997

The United States Federal Register is the official daily publication for rules, proposed rules, and notices of Federal agencies and organizations, as well as executive orders and other presidential documents. This specific Executive Order (E.O.) 13045 - Protection of Children from Environmental Health Risks and Safety Risks - was issued by President William J. Clinton in 1997. The order applies to economically significant rules under E.O. 12866 that concern an environmental health or safety risk that EPA has reason to believe may disproportionately affect children. Environmental health risks or safety risks refer to risks to health or to safety that are attributable to products or substances that the child is likely to come in contact with or ingest (such as the air we breathe, the food we eat, the water we drink or use for recreation, the soil we live on, and the products we use or are exposed to). When promulgating a rule of this description, EPA must evaluate the effects of the planned regulation on children and explain why the regulation is preferable to potentially effective and reasonably feasible alternatives.
Date: April 23, 1997
Creator: [Clinton, William J.]
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Aerial View of Akard Park and Surrounding Area]

Photograph of Akard Park located in Dallas County, Texas; the park is surrounded by three buildings and three streets, which meet at an intersection to the left of the park.
Date: April 18, 1997
Creator: Loftin, Reginald G.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Aerial View of Dallas Nature Center and Surrounding Area]

Photograph of Dallas Nature Center and its surrounding area in Dallas, Texas. The nature center, which appears as a large area of land covered in dense trees, occupies the center of the photograph, directly above a road. Subdivisions are visible in the distance.
Date: April 5, 1997
Creator: Loftin, Reginald G.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Aerial View of Arden Terrace Park and Surrounding Area]

Photograph of Arden Terrace Park and its surrounding area located in Dallas, Texas. The park is shown near the center of the photograph, and it sits between Fivemile Creek at the bottom and a residential area at the top of the picture.
Date: April 5, 1997
Creator: Loftin, Reginald G.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History