PublicationBank - requirements evaluation

Sally Hinchcliffe S.Hinchcliffe at KEW.ORG
Tue Mar 21 14:06:56 CET 2006


Robert
We have a number of databases which store bibliographic information.
I have answered for both the KBD - our bibliographic database
(http://www.kew.org/kbd/searchpage.do ) and for IPNI. I will pass
this on to others for our checklists

> Dear all,
>
> Below is a short 'survey' which hopefully can help to get an overview
> on how bibliographic information currently is stored in your databases.
> If you don't like to fill such forms, any other info on your current
> literature db is also welcome, just send it to me by email!
>
> The list maybe incomplete, if you think important questions are missing
> there just let me and the others know.
>
> I will try to sumarize the results on the wiki later.
>
> best regards, Robert
>
> 1) How is your literature database/module organised?
> - [ ]Database structure completely normalized
> - [ ]Database structure not/incomplete normalized
>
IPNI - incompletely normalised
KBD - completely normalsed
> 2) How do you hold your bibliographic information?
> - [ ]Complete set of Bib info (Author, Title,Source, Volume, Pages)
> - [ ]Incomplete set of Bib info
> - [ ]Abbreviations (e.g. Stafleu&Cowan)
> - [ ]Bib Info and Abbreviations
>
IPNI  - incomplete set of Bib info (abbreviated title, Full title if
known, collation information (not completely parsed out into volume
etc.) occasionally author if different from the plant name author
KBD - complete set of Bib info

> - Specify which bibliographic fields you hold in your db:
> --[ ]Author(s)
> --[ ]Title
> --[ ]Source (Journal/Book)
> --[ ]Pages
> --[ ]Date(s)
> --[ ]Volume
> --[ ]Issue
> --[ ]Series
> --[ ]URL/GUID
> --[ ]Source Editors
> --[ ]Series Editors
> --[ ]Other:
>
IPNI - see above)
KBD - all except URL/GUID (may be included for future records)

> 3) How do you store author names:
> - [ ]Abbreviations (e.g. Brummitt & Powell)
> - [ ]Complete Name as String, one author per string
> - [ ]Complete Name as String, all authors in one string
> - [ ]Last Name, First Name separated
>
IPNI -  Abbreviations, linked (for some records) to full author
information
KBD - Complete name as string, one author per string

> 4) How do you store journal names/ other sources
> - [ ]Complete Name
> - [ ]Abbreviation
> - [ ]Both
> - [ ]If you hold abbreviations acc. to which standard?
>
IPNI - both for some records (using modified BPH where available)
KBD - Both for some records - no standard yet for abbreviations

HTH

Sally

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*** Sally Hinchcliffe
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