12/2 Muddiest Point

Are there any other resources we can use to better understand XML and XML schemas? The w3schools.com website is not really super helpful people who have no understanding of XML and schemas since they use terminology that is too advanced.

11/18 Muddiest Point

What does the #PCDATA in DTD mean?

 i think its parsed data but what does that mean?

Web 2.0, Social Media, and Libraries

Increasingly, social media has played a role in the outreach of libraries and archives. It is an relatively fast and easy way for libraries to interact with their patrons. According to the readings the follow trends in the use of social media have become prominent:

Library 2.0 and Folksonomies: Interactive tagging (also known as folksonomies) might be a nice way for libraries to include their patrons in the cataloging process. User-created tags (such as those created when using Twitter or Flickr) can be added to library materials within an OPAC. User-created tags often times might be more useful for patron since they are not bound by the fancy jargon of controlled vocabulary systems like LCSH where sometimes the subject heading is not something that would appear clear to someone outside of the library profession.

Instagram: Public libraries and museums have been utilizing instagram to share photos of activities or special events. I found that instagram is more often used in museums and archives to promote specialty documents and collections like the Smithsonian and Natural History Museums are currently doing.

Facebook/Twitter: these two social media sites have become a part of our everyday lives, and information institutions have been taking notice. Libraries and archives use Facebook almost as a secondary web page where they list their hours of operation, location, and post upcoming events. Twitter on the other hand is most often used to promote activities or re-tweet interesting and relevant tweets that agree with their missions/purposes or posts that might be of interest to the communities they serve .

Digital Library and Web Search

Digital libraries, although faceted within the field of information technology and some computer science skills, still follow library rules. There has been a common misconception that digital libraries will dissolve the use for librarians and library science professionals and shift the responsibility for managing these digital libraries to computer and information scholars. The digital libraries still need to follow the rules of library science such as cataloging, metadata, and the overall organizational structure.

This ties into information retrieval; library science professionals are arguably responsible for successful information retrieval within these digital libraries. Librarians must provide correct metadata and source points in which users can easily access.

Librarians are also responsible for coordinating with the scholarly community and vendors to provide access and content for their digital libraries.

Additionally, librarians are responsible for having the knowledge and skills set to not only function in the digital age, but they must also have the insight to further the technological capabilities of digital libraries. This stewardship of materials including content within a digital library, involves librarians and information professionals making sure the digital content is accessible. In the digital age, this means knowing how to store, organize, and maintain the information, specifically, be aware of the need for digital migration in the future and using digital standards.

11/11 Muddiest Point

When I am running my files for A5 through the code checkers, specifically my HTML code, it says there are spaces between the end of the tag and the carat (>).

My tags are correct but it is for some reason sensing a space that is not there.

What can I do to remedy this?

11/4 Muddiest Point

For the Assignment do we have to include CSS in out HTML document or do we have to have the CSS in a separate CSS file and have it apply to all of our pages?

XML

XML Compared to HTML

XML is structure oriented while HTML is layout oriented.

XML was created in order to describe information and HTML is used to display information.

So basically, XML is data about data, or metadata for the web document. It describes the type of document and what is included within the page. Obviously this is much different than HTML since HTML allows you to choose how to display and design the layout of this information.

Also, in XML you have the ability to create your own tags, unlike HTML where the tags are based on standards and tag dictionaries.

It is said that because XML and HTML are so different, they do not replace each other, rather, they compliment each other.

XML also helps with data sharing: often times computers communicate thru different types of data. When you are using XML, it is basically plain text that is compatible and readable between any type of computer or operating system.