DELOS Working Group 2.1

Creating test environments for digital library research.


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Questionnaire A: available digital libraries and test collections

Result

Result of the Vote "Questionnaire A: available digital libraries and test collections", generated at 1/31/01 6:00 PM.
Number of votes cast: 12

1. Question: Your gender

type: single selection

AnswerPoints
male9
female2

Abstain: 1

Choice with highest score: male

VoterVote
Volker Hilt <hilt@informatik.uni-mannheim.de>male
Prof. M. Clausen <clausen@cs.uni-bonn.de>male
Michael Jost <jo@zblmath.fiz-karlsruhe.de>male
Thomas Krichel <T.Krichel@surrey.ac.uk>abstain
Scholze <scholze@ub.uni-stuttgart.de>male
Claus-Peter Klas <klas@ls6.cs.uni-dortmund.de>male
Uwe Berger <Uwe.Berger@informatik.uni-stuttgart.de>male
Klas/2 <klas@ls6.cs.uni-dortmund.de>male
Cynthia Hill <cynthia.hill@sfbay.sun.com>female
Giovanni Semeraro <semeraro@di.uniba.it>male
Hachim Haddouti <haddouti@debis.com>male
Stefania Biagioni <biagioni@iei.pi.cnr.it>female


2. Question: The domain you work in

type: single selection

AnswerPoints
research8
professional/business2
education1
other1

Abstain: 0

Choice with highest score: research

VoterVote
Volker Hilt <hilt@informatik.uni-mannheim.de>research
Prof. M. Clausen <clausen@cs.uni-bonn.de>research
Michael Jost <jo@zblmath.fiz-karlsruhe.de>other
Thomas Krichel <T.Krichel@surrey.ac.uk>education
Scholze <scholze@ub.uni-stuttgart.de>research
Claus-Peter Klas <klas@ls6.cs.uni-dortmund.de>research
Uwe Berger <Uwe.Berger@informatik.uni-stuttgart.de>research
Klas/2 <klas@ls6.cs.uni-dortmund.de>research
Cynthia Hill <cynthia.hill@sfbay.sun.com>professional/business
Giovanni Semeraro <semeraro@di.uniba.it>research
Hachim Haddouti <haddouti@debis.com>professional/business
Stefania Biagioni <biagioni@iei.pi.cnr.it>research


3. Question: Basic data and availability of digital library

Please give URLs, contact persons as comment, and detail what components of the DL are potentially available for test purposes.

type: multiple selection

AnswerPoints
User interface is publicly available10
Document collection available for test purposes7
DL software available for test purposes2

Choice with highest score: User interface is publicly available

VoterVoteVoter's comment
Volker Hilt <hilt@informatik.uni-mannheim.de>User interface is publicly availableURL: http://www.informatik.uni-mannheim.de/informatik/pi4/stud/veranstaltungen/index.html (see Computer Based Training (CBT) in each semester)
Prof. M. Clausen <clausen@cs.uni-bonn.de>User interface is publicly availablehttp://www.sztaki.hu/delos_wg21 A similar initiative for digital music libraries has been proposed by Stephen Downie (University Illinois) and Tim Crawford (King's College - London) at the recent ISMIR 2000 conference in Plymouth (Mass.).
Michael Jost <jo@zblmath.fiz-karlsruhe.de>User interface is publicly availableZentralblatt MATH: http://www.emis.de/ZMATH/
Thomas Krichel <T.Krichel@surrey.ac.uk>Document collection available for test purposes
DL software available for test purposes
User interface is publicly available
See RePEc at http://www.repec.org
Scholze <scholze@ub.uni-stuttgart.de>Document collection available for test purposes
User interface is publicly available
http://elib.uni-stuttgart.de/opus/ contact: opus@uni-stuttgart.de>
Claus-Peter Klas <klas@ls6.cs.uni-dortmund.de>User interface is publicly availablehttp://dblp.uni-trier.de/
Uwe Berger <Uwe.Berger@informatik.uni-stuttgart.de>Document collection available for test purposes
User interface is publicly available
Document collection Please contact Uwe.Berger@informatik.uni-stuttgart.de
Klas/2 <klas@ls6.cs.uni-dortmund.de>User interface is publicly availablehttp://www.researchindex.org
Cynthia Hill <cynthia.hill@sfbay.sun.com>Document collection available for test purposes 
Giovanni Semeraro <semeraro@di.uniba.it>Document collection available for test purposes
User interface is publicly available
URL: http://cdl.di.uniba.it Contact person: Nicola Fanizzi Dipartimento di Informatica Univ. di Bari Via E. Orabona, 4 70126 Bari
Hachim Haddouti <haddouti@debis.com>Document collection available for test purposeswww.vd17.de (in German)
Stefania Biagioni <biagioni@iei.pi.cnr.it>Document collection available for test purposes
DL software available for test purposes
User interface is publicly available
www.iei.pi.cnr.it/DELOS/ETRDL - Stefania Biagioni DL software available .. only for research purposes and with writter agreement with providers


4. Question: Type of the users of the digital library [1]

Composition of users regarding the domain they represent (type in percentage without '%')

type: allocative

AnswerPoints
research248
education137
professional/business115
general100

Abstain: 6

Choice with highest score: research

VoterVote
Volker Hilt <hilt@informatik.uni-mannheim.de>abstain
Prof. M. Clausen <clausen@cs.uni-bonn.de>
general20
research30
education30
professional/business20
Michael Jost <jo@zblmath.fiz-karlsruhe.de>abstain
Thomas Krichel <T.Krichel@surrey.ac.uk>abstain
Scholze <scholze@ub.uni-stuttgart.de>
general65
research18
education17
professional/business0
Claus-Peter Klas <klas@ls6.cs.uni-dortmund.de>abstain
Uwe Berger <Uwe.Berger@informatik.uni-stuttgart.de>
general0
research50
education50
professional/business0
Klas/2 <klas@ls6.cs.uni-dortmund.de>abstain
Cynthia Hill <cynthia.hill@sfbay.sun.com>
general0
research25
education0
professional/business75
Giovanni Semeraro <semeraro@di.uniba.it>abstain
Hachim Haddouti <haddouti@debis.com>
general15
research25
education40
professional/business20
Stefania Biagioni <biagioni@iei.pi.cnr.it>
general0
research100
education0
professional/business0


5. Question: Type of the users of the digital library [2]

How many users are internal to the DL system? (e.g. maintainers, librarians, colleagues, etc.)

type: single selection

AnswerPoints
some10
none0
major part0
most0

Abstain: 2

Choice with highest score: some

VoterVote
Volker Hilt <hilt@informatik.uni-mannheim.de>some
Prof. M. Clausen <clausen@cs.uni-bonn.de>some
Michael Jost <jo@zblmath.fiz-karlsruhe.de>some
Thomas Krichel <T.Krichel@surrey.ac.uk>some
Scholze <scholze@ub.uni-stuttgart.de>some
Claus-Peter Klas <klas@ls6.cs.uni-dortmund.de>abstain
Uwe Berger <Uwe.Berger@informatik.uni-stuttgart.de>some
Klas/2 <klas@ls6.cs.uni-dortmund.de>abstain
Cynthia Hill <cynthia.hill@sfbay.sun.com>some
Giovanni Semeraro <semeraro@di.uniba.it>some
Hachim Haddouti <haddouti@debis.com>some
Stefania Biagioni <biagioni@iei.pi.cnr.it>some


6. Question: Total number of users of the digital library

type: single selection

AnswerPoints
1,000-10,0003
more than 10,0003
less than 1002
100-1,0001

Abstain: 3

Choices with highest scores:

    1,000-10,000
    more than 10,000

VoterVote
Volker Hilt <hilt@informatik.uni-mannheim.de>less than 100
Prof. M. Clausen <clausen@cs.uni-bonn.de>abstain
Michael Jost <jo@zblmath.fiz-karlsruhe.de>1,000-10,000
Thomas Krichel <T.Krichel@surrey.ac.uk>more than 10,000
Scholze <scholze@ub.uni-stuttgart.de>more than 10,000
Claus-Peter Klas <klas@ls6.cs.uni-dortmund.de>abstain
Uwe Berger <Uwe.Berger@informatik.uni-stuttgart.de>100-1,000
Klas/2 <klas@ls6.cs.uni-dortmund.de>abstain
Cynthia Hill <cynthia.hill@sfbay.sun.com>more than 10,000
Giovanni Semeraro <semeraro@di.uniba.it>less than 100
Hachim Haddouti <haddouti@debis.com>1,000-10,000
Stefania Biagioni <biagioni@iei.pi.cnr.it>1,000-10,000


7. Question: Domain/subject area

Please describe the main areas covered by the DL, and give details in the comment area.

type: multiple selection

AnswerPoints
engineering/technology7
social sciences4
natural sciences3
business1
leisure1
information/news1
general1

Abstain: 0

Choice with highest score: engineering/technology

VoterVoteVoter's comment
Volker Hilt <hilt@informatik.uni-mannheim.de>natural sciences
engineering/technology
 
Prof. M. Clausen <clausen@cs.uni-bonn.de>social sciences
leisure
digital music library
Michael Jost <jo@zblmath.fiz-karlsruhe.de>natural sciencesmathematics
Thomas Krichel <T.Krichel@surrey.ac.uk>social sciences 
Scholze <scholze@ub.uni-stuttgart.de>natural sciences
social sciences
engineering/technology
 
Claus-Peter Klas <klas@ls6.cs.uni-dortmund.de>engineering/technologyComputer Science
Uwe Berger <Uwe.Berger@informatik.uni-stuttgart.de>engineering/technologyComputer Science technical reports, diploma theses, student theses
Klas/2 <klas@ls6.cs.uni-dortmund.de>engineering/technology 
Cynthia Hill <cynthia.hill@sfbay.sun.com>business
information/news
general
 
Giovanni Semeraro <semeraro@di.uniba.it>engineering/technologyPaper on Machine Learning
Hachim Haddouti <haddouti@debis.com>social sciences 
Stefania Biagioni <biagioni@iei.pi.cnr.it>engineering/technology 


8. Question: How do users seek information?

type: evaluation

AnswerPoints
searching15
browsing10
other2

Abstain: 3

Choice with highest score: searching

VoterVoteVoter's comment
Volker Hilt <hilt@informatik.uni-mannheim.de>
searchingseldom
browsingmostly
otherseldom
 
Prof. M. Clausen <clausen@cs.uni-bonn.de>
searchingmostly
browsingoften
otheroften
 
Michael Jost <jo@zblmath.fiz-karlsruhe.de>
searchingmostly
browsingoften
otherseldom
 
Thomas Krichel <T.Krichel@surrey.ac.uk>abstainSince there are many user interfaces, such a questtion dose not make much sense. I have very limited data on usage (although there are piles of logs)
Scholze <scholze@ub.uni-stuttgart.de>
searchingoften
browsingoften
otherseldom
 
Claus-Peter Klas <klas@ls6.cs.uni-dortmund.de>abstain 
Uwe Berger <Uwe.Berger@informatik.uni-stuttgart.de>
searchingmostly
browsingoften
otherseldom
 
Klas/2 <klas@ls6.cs.uni-dortmund.de>abstain 
Cynthia Hill <cynthia.hill@sfbay.sun.com>
searchingmostly
browsingoften
otheroften
 
Giovanni Semeraro <semeraro@di.uniba.it>
searchingmostly
browsingoften
otherseldom
 
Hachim Haddouti <haddouti@debis.com>
searchingmostly
browsingoften
otherseldom
 
Stefania Biagioni <biagioni@iei.pi.cnr.it>
searchingmostly
browsingoften
otherseldom
 


9. Question: How are documents used?

Users may consume the information for pleasure or interest. They may analyze documents for educational, research or review purposes. Or they may synthesize new works via quotation, commentary, annotation or citation.

type: evaluation

AnswerPoints
analyze12
synthesize5
consume4

Abstain: 4

Choice with highest score: analyze

VoterVote
Volker Hilt <hilt@informatik.uni-mannheim.de>
consumeseldom
analyzemostly
synthesizeseldom
Prof. M. Clausen <clausen@cs.uni-bonn.de>
consumemostly
analyzemostly
synthesizemostly
Michael Jost <jo@zblmath.fiz-karlsruhe.de>
consumeseldom
analyzemostly
synthesizeoften
Thomas Krichel <T.Krichel@surrey.ac.uk>abstain
Scholze <scholze@ub.uni-stuttgart.de>
consumeseldom
analyzeoften
synthesizeoften
Claus-Peter Klas <klas@ls6.cs.uni-dortmund.de>abstain
Uwe Berger <Uwe.Berger@informatik.uni-stuttgart.de>abstain
Klas/2 <klas@ls6.cs.uni-dortmund.de>abstain
Cynthia Hill <cynthia.hill@sfbay.sun.com>
consumeseldom
analyzeoften
synthesizeoften
Giovanni Semeraro <semeraro@di.uniba.it>
consumemostly
analyzeseldom
synthesizeseldom
Hachim Haddouti <haddouti@debis.com>
consumeseldom
analyzemostly
synthesizeseldom
Stefania Biagioni <biagioni@iei.pi.cnr.it>
consumeseldom
analyzemostly
synthesizeseldom


10. Question: What functions does the system offer to the user?

type: multiple selection

AnswerPoints
browsing12
searching11
printing7
document creation (adding new documents to the collection)5
notification (e.g. sending out information to users about new documents)3
user groups, support for team work and collaboration1

Abstain: 0

Choice with highest score: browsing

VoterVoteVoter's comment
Volker Hilt <hilt@informatik.uni-mannheim.de>browsing
printing
 
Prof. M. Clausen <clausen@cs.uni-bonn.de>searching
browsing
document creation (adding new documents to the collection)
 
Michael Jost <jo@zblmath.fiz-karlsruhe.de>searching
browsing
printing
 
Thomas Krichel <T.Krichel@surrey.ac.uk>searching
browsing
notification (e.g. sending out information to users about new documents)
printing
 
Scholze <scholze@ub.uni-stuttgart.de>searching
browsing
document creation (adding new documents to the collection)
 
Claus-Peter Klas <klas@ls6.cs.uni-dortmund.de>searching
browsing
 
Uwe Berger <Uwe.Berger@informatik.uni-stuttgart.de>searching
browsing
notification (e.g. sending out information to users about new documents)
printing
document creation (adding new documents to the collection)
 
Klas/2 <klas@ls6.cs.uni-dortmund.de>searching
browsing
Citation
Cynthia Hill <cynthia.hill@sfbay.sun.com>searching
browsing
printing
 
Giovanni Semeraro <semeraro@di.uniba.it>searching
browsing
notification (e.g. sending out information to users about new documents)
user groups, support for team work and collaboration
document creation (adding new documents to the collection)
 
Hachim Haddouti <haddouti@debis.com>searching
browsing
printing
 
Stefania Biagioni <biagioni@iei.pi.cnr.it>searching
browsing
printing
document creation (adding new documents to the collection)
 


11. Question: What kind of techniques are available for information access?

type: multiple selection

AnswerPoints
retrieval (e.g. document queries)11
navigation (e.g. hyperlinks between documents/metadata)10
filtering (based on personal interest profiles)2
extraction (e.g. automatic generation of facts/summaries)1
text mining (analysis, correlations, trends, etc.)1

Abstain: 0

Choice with highest score: retrieval (e.g. document queries)

VoterVoteVoter's comment
Volker Hilt <hilt@informatik.uni-mannheim.de>navigation (e.g. hyperlinks between documents/metadata) 
Prof. M. Clausen <clausen@cs.uni-bonn.de>retrieval (e.g. document queries)
navigation (e.g. hyperlinks between documents/metadata)
filtering (based on personal interest profiles)
extraction (e.g. automatic generation of facts/summaries)
text mining (analysis, correlations, trends, etc.)
 
Michael Jost <jo@zblmath.fiz-karlsruhe.de>retrieval (e.g. document queries)
navigation (e.g. hyperlinks between documents/metadata)
 
Thomas Krichel <T.Krichel@surrey.ac.uk>retrieval (e.g. document queries)
navigation (e.g. hyperlinks between documents/metadata)
filtering (based on personal interest profiles)
 
Scholze <scholze@ub.uni-stuttgart.de>retrieval (e.g. document queries)
navigation (e.g. hyperlinks between documents/metadata)
 
Claus-Peter Klas <klas@ls6.cs.uni-dortmund.de>retrieval (e.g. document queries)
navigation (e.g. hyperlinks between documents/metadata)
 
Uwe Berger <Uwe.Berger@informatik.uni-stuttgart.de>retrieval (e.g. document queries)
navigation (e.g. hyperlinks between documents/metadata)
 
Klas/2 <klas@ls6.cs.uni-dortmund.de>retrieval (e.g. document queries)
navigation (e.g. hyperlinks between documents/metadata)
 
Cynthia Hill <cynthia.hill@sfbay.sun.com>retrieval (e.g. document queries) 
Giovanni Semeraro <semeraro@di.uniba.it>retrieval (e.g. document queries)
navigation (e.g. hyperlinks between documents/metadata)
 
Hachim Haddouti <haddouti@debis.com>retrieval (e.g. document queries)
navigation (e.g. hyperlinks between documents/metadata)
 
Stefania Biagioni <biagioni@iei.pi.cnr.it>retrieval (e.g. document queries) 


12. Question: Systems structure technology -- the type of the data repository

type: single selection

AnswerPoints
Proprietary repository of a Digital Library System4
Standard Database Management System (DBMS)3
Hypertext System2
Multimedia DBMS1
IR (information retrieval) System1
Object-based Database System0
Other0

Abstain: 1

Choice with highest score: Proprietary repository of a Digital Library System

VoterVoteVoter's comment
Volker Hilt <hilt@informatik.uni-mannheim.de>Hypertext System 
Prof. M. Clausen <clausen@cs.uni-bonn.de>Multimedia DBMS 
Michael Jost <jo@zblmath.fiz-karlsruhe.de>Proprietary repository of a Digital Library System 
Thomas Krichel <T.Krichel@surrey.ac.uk>Proprietary repository of a Digital Library System 
Scholze <scholze@ub.uni-stuttgart.de>Standard Database Management System (DBMS) 
Claus-Peter Klas <klas@ls6.cs.uni-dortmund.de>Hypertext System 
Uwe Berger <Uwe.Berger@informatik.uni-stuttgart.de>Proprietary repository of a Digital Library Systembased on Dienst/NCSTRL
Klas/2 <klas@ls6.cs.uni-dortmund.de>abstain 
Cynthia Hill <cynthia.hill@sfbay.sun.com>Standard Database Management System (DBMS) 
Giovanni Semeraro <semeraro@di.uniba.it>Standard Database Management System (DBMS) 
Hachim Haddouti <haddouti@debis.com>IR (information retrieval) SystemWell IR combinded with DBMS
Stefania Biagioni <biagioni@iei.pi.cnr.it>Proprietary repository of a Digital Library System 


13. Question: Systems structure technology -- repository distribution: centralized or distributed

type: single selection

AnswerPoints
distributed7
centralized5

Abstain: 0

Choice with highest score: distributed

VoterVote
Volker Hilt <hilt@informatik.uni-mannheim.de>centralized
Prof. M. Clausen <clausen@cs.uni-bonn.de>centralized
Michael Jost <jo@zblmath.fiz-karlsruhe.de>distributed
Thomas Krichel <T.Krichel@surrey.ac.uk>distributed
Scholze <scholze@ub.uni-stuttgart.de>centralized
Claus-Peter Klas <klas@ls6.cs.uni-dortmund.de>centralized
Uwe Berger <Uwe.Berger@informatik.uni-stuttgart.de>distributed
Klas/2 <klas@ls6.cs.uni-dortmund.de>centralized
Cynthia Hill <cynthia.hill@sfbay.sun.com>distributed
Giovanni Semeraro <semeraro@di.uniba.it>distributed
Hachim Haddouti <haddouti@debis.com>distributed
Stefania Biagioni <biagioni@iei.pi.cnr.it>distributed


14. Question: Systems structure technology -- the transport protocol between user and system

type: multiple selection

AnswerPoints
HTTP based11
TCP/IP based4
E-mail based2
CORBA based1
Other1

Abstain: 0

Choice with highest score: HTTP based

VoterVoteVoter's comment
Volker Hilt <hilt@informatik.uni-mannheim.de>HTTP based
Other
RTP based video and audio
Prof. M. Clausen <clausen@cs.uni-bonn.de>CORBA based
HTTP based
E-mail based
 
Michael Jost <jo@zblmath.fiz-karlsruhe.de>TCP/IP based
HTTP based
 
Thomas Krichel <T.Krichel@surrey.ac.uk>TCP/IP based
HTTP based
E-mail based
 
Scholze <scholze@ub.uni-stuttgart.de>HTTP based 
Claus-Peter Klas <klas@ls6.cs.uni-dortmund.de>HTTP based 
Uwe Berger <Uwe.Berger@informatik.uni-stuttgart.de>TCP/IP based 
Klas/2 <klas@ls6.cs.uni-dortmund.de>HTTP based 
Cynthia Hill <cynthia.hill@sfbay.sun.com>HTTP based 
Giovanni Semeraro <semeraro@di.uniba.it>HTTP based 
Hachim Haddouti <haddouti@debis.com>TCP/IP based
HTTP based
 
Stefania Biagioni <biagioni@iei.pi.cnr.it>HTTP based 


15. Question: Document technology -- Is there an explicit scheme for the metadata?

type: single selection

AnswerPoints
yes10
no2

Abstain: 0

Choice with highest score: yes

VoterVote
Volker Hilt <hilt@informatik.uni-mannheim.de>no
Prof. M. Clausen <clausen@cs.uni-bonn.de>yes
Michael Jost <jo@zblmath.fiz-karlsruhe.de>yes
Thomas Krichel <T.Krichel@surrey.ac.uk>yes
Scholze <scholze@ub.uni-stuttgart.de>yes
Claus-Peter Klas <klas@ls6.cs.uni-dortmund.de>yes
Uwe Berger <Uwe.Berger@informatik.uni-stuttgart.de>yes
Klas/2 <klas@ls6.cs.uni-dortmund.de>yes
Cynthia Hill <cynthia.hill@sfbay.sun.com>no
Giovanni Semeraro <semeraro@di.uniba.it>yes
Hachim Haddouti <haddouti@debis.com>yes
Stefania Biagioni <biagioni@iei.pi.cnr.it>yes


16. Question: Document technology -- What is the internal logical structure of stored documents?

type: single selection

AnswerPoints
linear6
hierarchical3
graph (hyperlinked)2
other0

Abstain: 1

Choice with highest score: linear

VoterVoteVoter's comment
Volker Hilt <hilt@informatik.uni-mannheim.de>graph (hyperlinked) 
Prof. M. Clausen <clausen@cs.uni-bonn.de>linear 
Michael Jost <jo@zblmath.fiz-karlsruhe.de>linear 
Thomas Krichel <T.Krichel@surrey.ac.uk>linear 
Scholze <scholze@ub.uni-stuttgart.de>linear 
Claus-Peter Klas <klas@ls6.cs.uni-dortmund.de>graph (hyperlinked) 
Uwe Berger <Uwe.Berger@informatik.uni-stuttgart.de>hierarchical 
Klas/2 <klas@ls6.cs.uni-dortmund.de>abstain 
Cynthia Hill <cynthia.hill@sfbay.sun.com>linear 
Giovanni Semeraro <semeraro@di.uniba.it>hierarchical 
Hachim Haddouti <haddouti@debis.com>linearstored documents linear, but metadata hierarchical
Stefania Biagioni <biagioni@iei.pi.cnr.it>hierarchical 


17. Question: Document technology -- What are the supported document components?

type: multiple selection

AnswerPoints
metadata8
logical structure4
layout structure4

Abstain: 4

Choice with highest score: metadata

VoterVote
Volker Hilt <hilt@informatik.uni-mannheim.de>abstain
Prof. M. Clausen <clausen@cs.uni-bonn.de>logical structure
metadata
Michael Jost <jo@zblmath.fiz-karlsruhe.de>metadata
Thomas Krichel <T.Krichel@surrey.ac.uk>abstain
Scholze <scholze@ub.uni-stuttgart.de>layout structure
metadata
Claus-Peter Klas <klas@ls6.cs.uni-dortmund.de>metadata
Uwe Berger <Uwe.Berger@informatik.uni-stuttgart.de>logical structure
layout structure
metadata
Klas/2 <klas@ls6.cs.uni-dortmund.de>abstain
Cynthia Hill <cynthia.hill@sfbay.sun.com>abstain
Giovanni Semeraro <semeraro@di.uniba.it>logical structure
layout structure
metadata
Hachim Haddouti <haddouti@debis.com>logical structure
metadata
Stefania Biagioni <biagioni@iei.pi.cnr.it>layout structure
metadata


18. Question: Data/Collection -- extent of content.

type: single selection

AnswerPoints
full document content9
partial content (e.g. abstract)2
only bibliographic data1

Abstain: 0

Choice with highest score: full document content

VoterVote
Volker Hilt <hilt@informatik.uni-mannheim.de>full document content
Prof. M. Clausen <clausen@cs.uni-bonn.de>full document content
Michael Jost <jo@zblmath.fiz-karlsruhe.de>partial content (e.g. abstract)
Thomas Krichel <T.Krichel@surrey.ac.uk>full document content
Scholze <scholze@ub.uni-stuttgart.de>full document content
Claus-Peter Klas <klas@ls6.cs.uni-dortmund.de>only bibliographic data
Uwe Berger <Uwe.Berger@informatik.uni-stuttgart.de>full document content
Klas/2 <klas@ls6.cs.uni-dortmund.de>full document content
Cynthia Hill <cynthia.hill@sfbay.sun.com>full document content
Giovanni Semeraro <semeraro@di.uniba.it>full document content
Hachim Haddouti <haddouti@debis.com>partial content (e.g. abstract)
Stefania Biagioni <biagioni@iei.pi.cnr.it>full document content


19. Question: Data/Collection -- content media.

Please give mostly used document formats (e.g. HTML, Postscript, GIF).

type: multiple selection

AnswerPoints
text11
images6
audio2
animation1
video1
3D0
other (please detail)0

Abstain: 0

Choice with highest score: text

VoterVoteVoter's comment
Volker Hilt <hilt@informatik.uni-mannheim.de>text
images
animation
audio
video
 
Prof. M. Clausen <clausen@cs.uni-bonn.de>images
audio
 
Michael Jost <jo@zblmath.fiz-karlsruhe.de>textcomment to no 18: links to fulltext, links to external Doc Del services
Thomas Krichel <T.Krichel@surrey.ac.uk>textpdf and ps make up most of the full text
Scholze <scholze@ub.uni-stuttgart.de>textpdf, ps, html
Claus-Peter Klas <klas@ls6.cs.uni-dortmund.de>text 
Uwe Berger <Uwe.Berger@informatik.uni-stuttgart.de>text
images
PostScript, PDF, HTML
Klas/2 <klas@ls6.cs.uni-dortmund.de>text 
Cynthia Hill <cynthia.hill@sfbay.sun.com>text 
Giovanni Semeraro <semeraro@di.uniba.it>text
images
 
Hachim Haddouti <haddouti@debis.com>text
images
 
Stefania Biagioni <biagioni@iei.pi.cnr.it>text
images
 


20. Question: Collection characteristics -- What is the heterogeneity of the represented topics?

type: single selection

AnswerPoints
almost uniform4
rather heterogeneous4
few major types3
uniform1

Abstain: 0

Choices with highest scores:

    almost uniform
    rather heterogeneous

VoterVote
Volker Hilt <hilt@informatik.uni-mannheim.de>few major types
Prof. M. Clausen <clausen@cs.uni-bonn.de>rather heterogeneous
Michael Jost <jo@zblmath.fiz-karlsruhe.de>almost uniform
Thomas Krichel <T.Krichel@surrey.ac.uk>almost uniform
Scholze <scholze@ub.uni-stuttgart.de>rather heterogeneous
Claus-Peter Klas <klas@ls6.cs.uni-dortmund.de>rather heterogeneous
Uwe Berger <Uwe.Berger@informatik.uni-stuttgart.de>uniform
Klas/2 <klas@ls6.cs.uni-dortmund.de>rather heterogeneous
Cynthia Hill <cynthia.hill@sfbay.sun.com>few major types
Giovanni Semeraro <semeraro@di.uniba.it>almost uniform
Hachim Haddouti <haddouti@debis.com>few major types
Stefania Biagioni <biagioni@iei.pi.cnr.it>almost uniform


21. Question: Collection characteristics -- What is the average age of documents?

type: single selection

AnswerPoints
1-3 years3
3-10 years3
less than 1 year1
more than 30 years1
less than 1 month0
10-30 years0

Abstain: 4

Choices with highest scores:

    1-3 years
    3-10 years

VoterVote
Volker Hilt <hilt@informatik.uni-mannheim.de>less than 1 year
Prof. M. Clausen <clausen@cs.uni-bonn.de>abstain
Michael Jost <jo@zblmath.fiz-karlsruhe.de>abstain
Thomas Krichel <T.Krichel@surrey.ac.uk>1-3 years
Scholze <scholze@ub.uni-stuttgart.de>3-10 years
Claus-Peter Klas <klas@ls6.cs.uni-dortmund.de>abstain
Uwe Berger <Uwe.Berger@informatik.uni-stuttgart.de>1-3 years
Klas/2 <klas@ls6.cs.uni-dortmund.de>abstain
Cynthia Hill <cynthia.hill@sfbay.sun.com>1-3 years
Giovanni Semeraro <semeraro@di.uniba.it>3-10 years
Hachim Haddouti <haddouti@debis.com>more than 30 years
Stefania Biagioni <biagioni@iei.pi.cnr.it>3-10 years


22. Question: Collection characteristics -- How many documents does the digital library contain?

type: single selection

AnswerPoints
less than 1,0004
1,000-10,0002
10,000-100,0002
more than 1,000,0002
100,000-1,000,0000

Abstain: 2

Choice with highest score: less than 1,000

VoterVote
Volker Hilt <hilt@informatik.uni-mannheim.de>less than 1,000
Prof. M. Clausen <clausen@cs.uni-bonn.de>10,000-100,000
Michael Jost <jo@zblmath.fiz-karlsruhe.de>more than 1,000,000
Thomas Krichel <T.Krichel@surrey.ac.uk>10,000-100,000
Scholze <scholze@ub.uni-stuttgart.de>less than 1,000
Claus-Peter Klas <klas@ls6.cs.uni-dortmund.de>abstain
Uwe Berger <Uwe.Berger@informatik.uni-stuttgart.de>less than 1,000
Klas/2 <klas@ls6.cs.uni-dortmund.de>abstain
Cynthia Hill <cynthia.hill@sfbay.sun.com>1,000-10,000
Giovanni Semeraro <semeraro@di.uniba.it>less than 1,000
Hachim Haddouti <haddouti@debis.com>more than 1,000,000
Stefania Biagioni <biagioni@iei.pi.cnr.it>1,000-10,000


23. Question: Collection characteristics -- Quality control of documents

type: single selection

AnswerPoints
mixed4
mainly white literature (peer-reviewed)3
mainly gray literature (no review)3

Abstain: 2

Choice with highest score: mixed

VoterVote
Volker Hilt <hilt@informatik.uni-mannheim.de>abstain
Prof. M. Clausen <clausen@cs.uni-bonn.de>mixed
Michael Jost <jo@zblmath.fiz-karlsruhe.de>mainly white literature (peer-reviewed)
Thomas Krichel <T.Krichel@surrey.ac.uk>mixed
Scholze <scholze@ub.uni-stuttgart.de>mainly gray literature (no review)
Claus-Peter Klas <klas@ls6.cs.uni-dortmund.de>mainly white literature (peer-reviewed)
Uwe Berger <Uwe.Berger@informatik.uni-stuttgart.de>mainly gray literature (no review)
Klas/2 <klas@ls6.cs.uni-dortmund.de>abstain
Cynthia Hill <cynthia.hill@sfbay.sun.com>mixed
Giovanni Semeraro <semeraro@di.uniba.it>mainly white literature (peer-reviewed)
Hachim Haddouti <haddouti@debis.com>mixed
Stefania Biagioni <biagioni@iei.pi.cnr.it>mainly gray literature (no review)


24. Question: Metadata -- Information provided by metadata

type: multiple selection

AnswerPoints
bibliographical10
classification8
indexing5
thesaurus2
citation2
other1

Abstain: 1

Choice with highest score: bibliographical

VoterVoteVoter's comment
Volker Hilt <hilt@informatik.uni-mannheim.de>abstain 
Prof. M. Clausen <clausen@cs.uni-bonn.de>bibliographical
indexing
classification
 
Michael Jost <jo@zblmath.fiz-karlsruhe.de>bibliographical
indexing
classification
citation
other
 
Thomas Krichel <T.Krichel@surrey.ac.uk>bibliographical
classification
 
Scholze <scholze@ub.uni-stuttgart.de>bibliographical
thesaurus
classification
 
Claus-Peter Klas <klas@ls6.cs.uni-dortmund.de>bibliographical
classification
 
Uwe Berger <Uwe.Berger@informatik.uni-stuttgart.de>bibliographical
classification
 
Klas/2 <klas@ls6.cs.uni-dortmund.de>bibliographical
citation
 
Cynthia Hill <cynthia.hill@sfbay.sun.com>bibliographical 
Giovanni Semeraro <semeraro@di.uniba.it>indexing
thesaurus
classification
 
Hachim Haddouti <haddouti@debis.com>bibliographical
indexing
 
Stefania Biagioni <biagioni@iei.pi.cnr.it>bibliographical
indexing
classification
 


25. Question: Metadata -- the media and format in which metadata is stored

Please give applied standard format names as comment.

type: multiple selection

AnswerPoints
text11
images2
animation0
audio0
video0
3D0
other0

Abstain: 1

Choice with highest score: text

VoterVoteVoter's comment
Volker Hilt <hilt@informatik.uni-mannheim.de>abstain 
Prof. M. Clausen <clausen@cs.uni-bonn.de>text 
Michael Jost <jo@zblmath.fiz-karlsruhe.de>text 
Thomas Krichel <T.Krichel@surrey.ac.uk>text 
Scholze <scholze@ub.uni-stuttgart.de>texthtml
Claus-Peter Klas <klas@ls6.cs.uni-dortmund.de>text 
Uwe Berger <Uwe.Berger@informatik.uni-stuttgart.de>textRFC1807 (with extensions)
Klas/2 <klas@ls6.cs.uni-dortmund.de>text 
Cynthia Hill <cynthia.hill@sfbay.sun.com>text 
Giovanni Semeraro <semeraro@di.uniba.it>text 
Hachim Haddouti <haddouti@debis.com>text
images
 
Stefania Biagioni <biagioni@iei.pi.cnr.it>text
images
 


26. Question: Metadata -- level of detail

type: single selection

AnswerPoints
detailed6
medium3
shallow2

Abstain: 1

Choice with highest score: detailed

VoterVote
Volker Hilt <hilt@informatik.uni-mannheim.de>abstain
Prof. M. Clausen <clausen@cs.uni-bonn.de>detailed
Michael Jost <jo@zblmath.fiz-karlsruhe.de>medium
Thomas Krichel <T.Krichel@surrey.ac.uk>detailed
Scholze <scholze@ub.uni-stuttgart.de>detailed
Claus-Peter Klas <klas@ls6.cs.uni-dortmund.de>medium
Uwe Berger <Uwe.Berger@informatik.uni-stuttgart.de>detailed
Klas/2 <klas@ls6.cs.uni-dortmund.de>detailed
Cynthia Hill <cynthia.hill@sfbay.sun.com>shallow
Giovanni Semeraro <semeraro@di.uniba.it>shallow
Hachim Haddouti <haddouti@debis.com>detailed
Stefania Biagioni <biagioni@iei.pi.cnr.it>medium


27. Question: Management functions offered by the system

type: multiple selection

AnswerPoints
maintenance of DL content7
user administration5
monitoring visitors5
workflow/automation for frequent management tasks3
other1
contact (chat) with visitors0

Abstain: 3

Choice with highest score: maintenance of DL content

VoterVoteVoter's comment
Volker Hilt <hilt@informatik.uni-mannheim.de>monitoring visitors 
Prof. M. Clausen <clausen@cs.uni-bonn.de>user administration
workflow/automation for frequent management tasks
 
Michael Jost <jo@zblmath.fiz-karlsruhe.de>user administration
maintenance of DL content
workflow/automation for frequent management tasks
monitoring visitors
other
 
Thomas Krichel <T.Krichel@surrey.ac.uk>abstain 
Scholze <scholze@ub.uni-stuttgart.de>maintenance of DL content
workflow/automation for frequent management tasks
 
Claus-Peter Klas <klas@ls6.cs.uni-dortmund.de>abstain 
Uwe Berger <Uwe.Berger@informatik.uni-stuttgart.de>maintenance of DL content 
Klas/2 <klas@ls6.cs.uni-dortmund.de>abstain 
Cynthia Hill <cynthia.hill@sfbay.sun.com>user administration
maintenance of DL content
 
Giovanni Semeraro <semeraro@di.uniba.it>user administration
maintenance of DL content
monitoring visitors
 
Hachim Haddouti <haddouti@debis.com>maintenance of DL content
monitoring visitors
monitoring visitors in compliance with data protection rules
Stefania Biagioni <biagioni@iei.pi.cnr.it>user administration
maintenance of DL content
monitoring visitors
 


28. Question: The collection's growth rate per month

type: single selection

AnswerPoints
0-1%3
1-3%2
0%1
3-10%1
10-30%0
more than 30%0

Abstain: 5

Choice with highest score: 0-1%

VoterVote
Volker Hilt <hilt@informatik.uni-mannheim.de>abstain
Prof. M. Clausen <clausen@cs.uni-bonn.de>abstain
Michael Jost <jo@zblmath.fiz-karlsruhe.de>abstain
Thomas Krichel <T.Krichel@surrey.ac.uk>0-1%
Scholze <scholze@ub.uni-stuttgart.de>1-3%
Claus-Peter Klas <klas@ls6.cs.uni-dortmund.de>abstain
Uwe Berger <Uwe.Berger@informatik.uni-stuttgart.de>0-1%
Klas/2 <klas@ls6.cs.uni-dortmund.de>abstain
Cynthia Hill <cynthia.hill@sfbay.sun.com>1-3%
Giovanni Semeraro <semeraro@di.uniba.it>0%
Hachim Haddouti <haddouti@debis.com>3-10%
Stefania Biagioni <biagioni@iei.pi.cnr.it>0-1%


29. Question: Immediacy. What is the average delay between publication and insertion into digital library?

type: single selection

AnswerPoints
1 week4
1-6 months2
6-12 months1
1 day0
1-2 years0
more than 2 years0

Abstain: 5

Choice with highest score: 1 week

VoterVote
Volker Hilt <hilt@informatik.uni-mannheim.de>1 week
Prof. M. Clausen <clausen@cs.uni-bonn.de>abstain
Michael Jost <jo@zblmath.fiz-karlsruhe.de>1-6 months
Thomas Krichel <T.Krichel@surrey.ac.uk>6-12 months
Scholze <scholze@ub.uni-stuttgart.de>1-6 months
Claus-Peter Klas <klas@ls6.cs.uni-dortmund.de>abstain
Uwe Berger <Uwe.Berger@informatik.uni-stuttgart.de>1 week
Klas/2 <klas@ls6.cs.uni-dortmund.de>abstain
Cynthia Hill <cynthia.hill@sfbay.sun.com>1 week
Giovanni Semeraro <semeraro@di.uniba.it>abstain
Hachim Haddouti <haddouti@debis.com>abstain
Stefania Biagioni <biagioni@iei.pi.cnr.it>1 week


30. Question: Incomplete documents. How many documents are presented in an unfinished or temporary state?

type: single selection

AnswerPoints
0% (no incomplete documents)5
0-5%2
5-10%1
10-30%0
30-60%0
60-90%0
90-100% (mostly incomplete documents)0

Abstain: 4

Choice with highest score: 0% (no incomplete documents)

VoterVote
Volker Hilt <hilt@informatik.uni-mannheim.de>5-10%
Prof. M. Clausen <clausen@cs.uni-bonn.de>abstain
Michael Jost <jo@zblmath.fiz-karlsruhe.de>0-5%
Thomas Krichel <T.Krichel@surrey.ac.uk>0-5%
Scholze <scholze@ub.uni-stuttgart.de>0% (no incomplete documents)
Claus-Peter Klas <klas@ls6.cs.uni-dortmund.de>abstain
Uwe Berger <Uwe.Berger@informatik.uni-stuttgart.de>0% (no incomplete documents)
Klas/2 <klas@ls6.cs.uni-dortmund.de>abstain
Cynthia Hill <cynthia.hill@sfbay.sun.com>0% (no incomplete documents)
Giovanni Semeraro <semeraro@di.uniba.it>0% (no incomplete documents)
Hachim Haddouti <haddouti@debis.com>abstain
Stefania Biagioni <biagioni@iei.pi.cnr.it>0% (no incomplete documents)


31. Question: Maintenance intervals.

How often is the status of the document collection checked and refreshed? How frequently are new acquisitions added?

type: single selection

AnswerPoints
every day4
every week3
every month1
1-6 months0
6-12 months0
1-2 years0
more than 2 years0

Abstain: 4

Choice with highest score: every day

VoterVote
Volker Hilt <hilt@informatik.uni-mannheim.de>every week
Prof. M. Clausen <clausen@cs.uni-bonn.de>abstain
Michael Jost <jo@zblmath.fiz-karlsruhe.de>every month
Thomas Krichel <T.Krichel@surrey.ac.uk>every day
Scholze <scholze@ub.uni-stuttgart.de>every week
Claus-Peter Klas <klas@ls6.cs.uni-dortmund.de>abstain
Uwe Berger <Uwe.Berger@informatik.uni-stuttgart.de>every day
Klas/2 <klas@ls6.cs.uni-dortmund.de>abstain
Cynthia Hill <cynthia.hill@sfbay.sun.com>every day
Giovanni Semeraro <semeraro@di.uniba.it>abstain
Hachim Haddouti <haddouti@debis.com>every day
Stefania Biagioni <biagioni@iei.pi.cnr.it>every week


 

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