Greenstone: A Platform for Distributed Digital Library Applications

Abstract. This paper examines the issues surrounding distributed Digital Library protocols. First, it reviews three prominent digital library protocols: Z39.50, SDLIP, and Dienst, plus Greenstone’s own protocol. Then, we summarise the implementation in the Greenstone Digital Libary of a number of different protocols for distributed digital libraries, and describe sample applications of the same: a digital library for children, a translator for Stanford’s Simple Digital Library Interoperability Protocol, a Z39.50 client, and a bibliographic search tool. The paper concludes with a comparison of all four protocols, and a brief discussion of the impact of distributed protocols on the Greenstone system.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2001
• Where: ERCIMDL
• Authors: David Bainbridge, George Buchanan, John R. McPherson, Steve Jones, Abdelaziz Mahoui, Ian H. Witten
• Keywords: Digital Library Protocols, Education, ERCIMDL 2001, Greenstone Digital Libary, Prominent Digital Library