Z-Interop Phase 2: An Alternative Approach to Interoperability Testing

This is the project website for Z-Interop Phase 2: An Alternative Approach to Interoperability Testing. This website contains project documentation for Phase 2, with additional information on the previous Phase 1 project.
Date: March 2004
Creator: Moen, William E.
Object Type: Website
System: The UNT Digital Library
Developing an Alternative Approach for Interoperability Testing of Library Z39.50 Servers (open access)

Developing an Alternative Approach for Interoperability Testing of Library Z39.50 Servers

Paper describing a plan of work to develop and test an alternative approach for interoperability testing. This approach builds on the conceptual and technical infrastructure developed during the Z-Interop Project.
Date: March 30, 2004
Creator: Moen, William E.
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library
Project Work Plan Draft (open access)

Project Work Plan Draft

This document details a work plan to guide the planning and execution of a new phase of the Z39.50 Interoperability Testbed Project.
Date: June 2004
Creator: Moen, William E.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Z39.50 Interoperability Testing Framework for Online Library Catalogs Using Radioactive MARC Records (open access)

Z39.50 Interoperability Testing Framework for Online Library Catalogs Using Radioactive MARC Records

This document discusses a Z39.50 Interoperability Testing framework. In a first phase of the Z39.50 Interoperability Testbed, a large dataset of MARC records was used. In this work, the authors are exploring how a set of special, diagnostic MARC records can be developed and used to identify interoperability problems between a Z39.50 client and a Z39.50 server providing access to a database of bibliographic records supporting the search and retrieval functions of an online library catalog. The authors refer to these special, diagnostic records as radioactive MARC records. It discusses the various components and identifies the tasks related to developing and implementing the components.
Date: June 20, 2004
Creator: Moen, William E.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Interim Report to The Institute of Museum and Library Services January 1 through June 30, 2003 (open access)

Interim Report to The Institute of Museum and Library Services January 1 through June 30, 2003

This report discusses the Z39.50 interoperability testbed and provides an interim report of the Z-Interop Project covering the period of January 1, 2003 through June 30, 2003. This document highlights activities and accomplishments to communicate to IMLS progress on this project since the interim report on January 1, 2004. Given the date of approval for the extension, this report primarily reflects activities during the latter half of June 2004.
Date: July 1, 2004
Creator: Moen, William E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
MARCdocs: The MARC 21 Bibliographic Format Database (open access)

MARCdocs: The MARC 21 Bibliographic Format Database

Report on the MARC 21 bibliographic format database.
Date: October 28, 2004
Creator: Moen, William E. & Thomale, Jason
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Creating Radioactive MARC Records and Z Queries Using the MARCdocs Database (open access)

Creating Radioactive MARC Records and Z Queries Using the MARCdocs Database

This document describes how the authors can extend a relational database of MARC documentation to store the appropriate information that will support the automatic generation of the special, diagnostic MARC records the authors will call radioactive MARC (RadMARC) records. The information contained in the database will also support the generation of the Z queries used in the interoperability testing.
Date: December 2, 2004
Creator: Moen, William E.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library