Antonella De Robbio,

Dario Maguolo

Mathematics Library – University Library System

University of Padova – ITALY

Mathematics Subject Classificationand related schemes in the OAI framework

Electronic Information and Communication in Mathematics

Beijing, August 29-31, 2002 A satellite conference to the ICM

2002, International Congress of Mathematicians

Alberto MariniInstitute for Applied Mathematicsand Information Technology –

National Research Council(CNR-IMATI), Milano - ITALY

Contents

Subject classification Discipline-oriented schemes

in mathematics and related disciplines The structure of classification schemes From structure to browsing The Scientific Classifications Page

The OAI framework Searching through personal homepages and small archives E-print communication:

tools and networking architectures The Open Archives Initiative (OAI) OAI compatible refereed self-archives: the EPrints software

Subject classification schemes in mathematics

MSC – Mathematics Subject Classificationfor the bibliographic databases

– MathSci, edited by the American Mathematical Society– Zentralblatt MATH, edited by the European Mathematical Society,

the Fachinformationszentrum (FIZ) Karlsruhe, Germany and other Editorial Units all over Europe

ZDM – Zentralblatt für Didaktik der Mathematik Classification Schemefor the bibliographic database

– MathDI, edited by the European Mathematical Society, FIZ Karlsruhe, and Zentrum für Didaktik der Mathematik at Karlsruhe University, in cooperation with Math Doc Cell (France)

Subject classification schemes in computing and physics

CCS – Computing Classification System developed by the Association for Computing Machinery

PACS Physics and Astronomy Classification Scheme

developed by the American Institute of Physics INSPEC Classification

– Section A: Physics & Astronomy– Section B: Electrical & Electronic Engineering– Section C: Computer & Control– Section D: Information Technology

JEL Classification Systemdeveloped by the American Economic Association Such topics are mostly located in the 62 Statistics, 90 Operations research,

mathematical programming, and 91 Game theory, economics, social and behavioral sciences sections of MSC2000

The common structure ofsubject classification schemes

Categories: Codes and Descriptions

Main ordering relation: mono- or multihierarchical

Cross-referencesVersions

Classification schemes:from structure to browsing

Browsing for search or data entryin metadata repositories

Organizing knowledgein lexical databases, dictionaries, encyclopedias, surveys,digital libraries

The Scientific Classification Pagehttp://www.math.unipd.it/~biblio/math/eng.htm

Sections: The Mathematics Classification Page Mathematics Subject Classification MSC and

Dewey Decimal Classification DDC Relating Scientific Subject Classifications

Display modes: Simple frame Double view KWIC lists of descriptions

The Mathematics Classification Page

MSC 2000 in: simple frame presentation

– English text– Italian translation– interleaved English and Italian texts– with marks of changes from MSC 1991– with links to subject specific pages

of relevant Websites

double view presentation – English text

RelatingScientific Subject Classifications

linked categoriesin double view presentation of:

ACM CCS (1998) and MSC 2000

separate KWIC lists of descriptions of: MSC 2000 PACS 2001 ACM CCS (1998) – English text

– English text with appended Italian text

a combined KWIC list of descriptions of: MSC 2000 and PACS 2001 MSC 2000 and ACM CCS (1998)

Towards the OAI framework

The need of quick researchcommunication vs.the slow formal processof journal submission

Dissemination methods:from paper documentsto the Internet

Searching through personal homepages and small archives

The fragmented worldof ftp sites and web pages

Citeseer-Researchindex:one solution...

E-print communication:tools and networking strategies

small specialized archives arXiv: a potentially catch-all archive single or networked institutional archives

(NCSTRL, ERCIM Technical Reference Digital Library)

distributed networks connected by some interoperability protocol (RePEc, ReLIS)

umbrella servers (MPRESS) servers connected to groups of journals servers sponsored by commercial publishers

The Open Archives Initiative

Fundamental concepts and tools:

Data providers

Service providers– Search facilities for end users– Reference linking

Metadata harvesting– The OAI Protocol for Metadata Harvesting

OAI compatible refereed self-archives:the EPrints software

EPrints developed at the University of Southampton (UK). Functions

– Searching in the archive– Browsing the archive– User registration– Depositing an e-print– Processing a submission– Exporting metadata

for OAI-compliant harvesting

Conclusions

The OAI framework can be integrated byarchives and service providerswith enriched browsing functionalities

Hypertextual displays of a full network of bridges among specific subject areas canguide advanced communication activitiesinside mathematics and between thedisciplines that live and develop with mathematics