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This article details the development of an experimental XML-based online library catalog. The emerging technology of XML, and its early implementation in Microsoft Internet Explorer 5, allowed for the development of an application employing the client-side processing of XML with JavaScript. But slow implementation of XML by other browser vendors, and a tendency towards the slow adoption of the newest browser versions by users, demanded an application employing server-side processing of the XML. Now in its third version, XMLCat demonstrates the viability of this approach, and points to possibilities for its future development.

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ERIC Subject
Bibliographic Databases;
Programming Languages;
Online Systems;
Internet;
Technical Writing;
Catalogs;
Computer Software;
Memory;
Libraries;
Online Catalogs;
Web Browsers;
Client Server Architecture
Subject
Extensible Markup Language;
Library cataloging;
Client server computing;
Internet;
Databases;
Software;
Boolean;
JavaScript;
Library catalogs;
Bibliographic records;
Documents
Classification
5250: Telecommunications systems & Internet communications
Title
XMLCat: An XML-encoded online library catalog
Author
Yachnes, Paul
Publication title
Library Computing; Westport
Volume
19
Issue
1/2
Pages
59-67
Number of pages
9
Publication year
2000
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Place of publication
Westport
Country of publication
United Kingdom
Publication subject
Computers--Microcomputers, Computers--Software, Education--Computer Applications, Library And Information Sciences--Computer Applications
ISSN
15271161
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
Document type
Feature
ProQuest document ID
233604177
Document URL
https://www.proquest.com/scholarly-journals/xmlcat-xml-encoded-online-library-catalog/docview/233604177/se-2?accountid=208611
Copyright
Copyright MCB UP Limited (MCB) 2000
Last updated
2024-11-19
Database
ProQuest One Academic