DLI Phase 2: Alexandria Digital Earth Prototype

摘要IIS-9817432史密斯，特伦斯大学的加州，圣巴巴拉$1，080，000 - 12个月DLI第2阶段：亚历山大数字地球原型这是第一年的资金，为期五年的合作协议奖。 该项目是加州大学伯克利分校、加州大学圣巴巴拉分校和斯坦福大学之间InterLib合作的一个组成部分。 结合interLib技术将在新兴的加州数字图书馆（CDL）和圣地亚哥超级计算机中心开发的测试平台上进行演示。亚历山大数字地球原型（ADEPT）项目将开发基于数字地球隐喻的数字图书馆环境和服务。这些服务将支持根据地理参照和其他标准获取和使用分布在因特网上的各种数字信息。特别是，该系统将支持称为Iscapes（信息景观）的个性化数字信息集合的构建和使用。将提供各种服务，允许Iscapes开发为信息服务层，在其中可以组织、访问和使用各种信息资源。Iscapes的一个特点是创建特殊的元信息资源，表明个性化集合中项目的联合可用性。该项目将侧重于开发服务，支持Iscapes的建设和使用，用于学习环境和创造跨学科的知识，包括艺术、人文、社会、物理和生物科学。该项目将特别关注评估ADEPT服务对本科生课堂学习的影响。

Abstract IIS-9817432 Smith, Terence University of California, Santa Barbara $1,080,000 - 12 mos.DLI Phase 2: Alexandria Digital Earth PrototypeThis is the first year funding of a five year Cooperative Agreement award. This Project is a component of the InterLib collaboration between University of California at Berkeley, the University of California at Santa Barbara, and Stanford University. The combined interLib technologies will be demonstrated on the emerging California Digital Library (CDL), and on a testbed developed by the San Diego Supercomputer Center. The Alexandria Digital Earth Prototype (ADEPT) Project will develop digital library environments and services that are based on the Digital Earth Metaphor. The services will support access to, and use of, heterogeneous digital information distributed across the Internet on the basis of georeference as well as other criteria. In particular the system will support the construction and use of personalized digital information collections called Iscapes (Information Landscapes). A variety of services will be provided that allow Iscapes to be developed as information service layers in which diverse information resources can be organized, accessed, and used. A characteristic feature of Iscapes is the creation of special meta-information resources indicating the joint usability of the items in the personalized collections. The project will focus on developing services that support the construction and use of Iscapes for use in learning contexts and for the creation of knowledge across a range of disciplines, including the arts, humanities, and social, physical, ] and biological sciences. The Project will focus specific attention on evaluating the effect of ADEPT services on learning in undergraduate classroom situations.