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Introduction and Background to Jangle
Jangle is a specification for applying the Atom Publishing Protocol (AtomPub) to library resources and for exposing these resources simply and RESTfully.
There are three basic principles that define Jangle:
- The library information model is broken up into four discrete concepts or entities: Actors, Resources, Items and Collections.
- The Jangle architecture is divided into two components, the Jangle core: the public facing AtomPub interface; and one or many connectors: applications that contain the business logic for translating specific systems into Jangle.
- The Jangle core and connectors communicate via an HTTP REST API using a defined JSON syntax.
Mental Models in bibliographic universe
Jan Pisanski and Maja Žumer have written a pair of articles about user testing the FRBR model. They appear inJournal of Documentation (66: 5) but preprints are available online:
- Mental Models of the Bibliographic Universe, Part 1: Mental Models of Descriptions (PDF, preprint) (DOI: 10.1108/00220411011066781)
- Mental Models of the Bibliographic Universe, Part 2: Comparison Task and Conclusions (PDF, preprint) (DOI: 10.1108/00220411011066772)
Abstract:
Purpose – The paper aims to present the results of the first two tasks of a user study looking into mental models of the bibliographic universe and especially their comparison to the Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records (FRBR) conceptual model, which has not yet been user tested.
Design/methodology/approach – The paper employes a combination of techniques for eliciting mental models and consisted of three tasks, two of which, card sorting and concept mapping, are presented herein. Its participants were 30 individuals residing in the general area of Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Findings – Cumulative results of concept mapping show a strong resemblance to FRBR. Card sorts did not produce conclusive results. In both tasks, participants paid special attention to the original expression, indicating that a special place for it should be considered.
Research limitations/implications – The study was performed using a relatively small sample of participants living in a geographically limited space using relatively straight-forward examples.
Practical implications – Some solid evidence is provided for adoption of FRBR as the conceptual basis for cataloguing.
Originality/value – This is the first widely published user study of FRBR, applying novel methodological approaches in the field of Library and Information Science.
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