An Agent-Based Architecture for Supporting High-Level Search Activities in Federated Digital Libraries for Computer Science (Daffodil)

Staff:  André Schaefer, Claus-Peter Klas (University of Dortmund), Peter Mutschke
Project leader: Dr. Jutta Marx
Contact:  Dr. Maximilian Stempfhuber

Project description:

Despite the fact that many Digital Libraries (DLs) for Computer Science are available on the Internet, users cannot effectively use them because of inadequate functionality, deficient visualisation and insufficient integration of different DLs. In the framework of this project we develop a user-oriented access system for heterogeneous DLs which overcomes these drawbacks. Based on experiences from the librarian area, higher functions to assist proved search strategies will be implemented. A major focus of the prototype concerns the implementation of high-level search functionality that exhaust the data structures stored in federated bibliographic DLs (e.g. co-author search, citation search, centrality in author networks). Different DLs will be tightly integrated, so that system-wide search and navigation is possible. The system will be adaptive towards different user wishes, regarding preferences concerning content and system involvement. Daffodil is a project in the strategic research initiative V3D2 (Distributed Processing and Delivery of Digital Documents) of the German Research Foundation (DFG). 

Project partner:

• Universität Dortmund, Institut für Informatik (Lehrstuhl 6: Information Retrieval)

Duration: April 2000 - March 2002

Funding source: DFG

Publications:

• Schaefer, André; Klas, Claus-Peter; Mutschke, Peter (2002): Strategische Unterstützung in verteilten, agentengestützten Informationssystemen. S. 409 - 410. In: Herczeg, Michael; Prinz, Wolfgang; Oberquelle, Horst (Hrsg.): Mensch & Computer 2002: Vom interaktiven Werkzeug zu kooperativen Arbeits- und Lernwelten. Stuttgart: Teubner. (Berichte des German Chapter of the ACM; Bd. 56)
• Fuhr, Norbert; Schaefer, André; Klas, Claus-Peter; Mutschke, Peter (2002): Daffodil: An Integrated Desktop for Supporting High-Level Search Activities in Federated Digital Libraries. S. 597-612. In: Agosti, Maristella; Thanos, Costantino (Hrsg.): Research and Advanced Technology for Digital Libraries: 6th European Conference, ECDL 2002, Rome, Italy, September 16-18, 2002; Proceedings. Berlin: Springer. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; 2458)
• Mutschke, Peter (2001): Enhancing Information Retrieval in Federated Bibliographic Data Sources Using Author Network Based Stratagems. S. 287-299. In: Constantopoulos, Panos; Sölvberg, Ingeborg T. (Ed.): Reserach and Advanced Technology for Digital Libraries: 5th European Conference, ECDL 2001, Darmstadt, Germany, September 4-9, 2001; Proceedings. Berlin: Springer. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; 2163) ISBN 3-540-42537-3 (http://link.springer.de/link/service/series/0558/bibs/2163/21630287.htm)
• Fuhr, N.; Gövert, N.; Klas, C.-P.: Eine agenten basierte Architektur zur Unterstüzung von höherwertigen Suchaktivitäten in Digitalen Bibliotheken
• Gövert, Norbert; Fuhr, Norbert; Klas, Claus-Peter: Daffodil: Verteilte Agenten für einen benutzerfreundlichen Zugang zu Digitalen Bibliotheken