Overview of content related to 'software'
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Computer software, or just software, is a collection of computer programs and related data that provide the instructions telling a computer what to do and how to do it. We can also say software refers to one or more computer programs and data held in the storage of the computer for some purposes. In other words software is a set of programs, procedures, algorithms and its documentation. Program software performs the function of the program it implements, either by directly providing instructions to the computer hardware or by serving as input to another piece of software. The term was coined to contrast to the old term hardware (meaning physical devices). In contrast to hardware, software is intangible, meaning it "cannot be touched (Excerpt from Wikipedia article: Software)
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A Dublin Core Application Profile for Scholarly Works |
Julie Allinson, Pete Johnston and Andy Powell describe a Dublin Core application profile for describing scholarly works that makes use of FRBR and the DCMI Abstract Model. |
January 2007, issue50, feature article |
Virtual Rooms, Real Meetings |
Andy Powell takes a brief look at VRVS, a desktop video-conferencing tool that can be used to support collaborative activities between groups of geographically distributed researchers. |
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RDN/LTSN Partnerships: Learning Resource Discovery Based on the LOM and the OAI-PMH |
Andy Powell and Phil Barker explore the technical collaboration currently underway between the RDN and the LTSN and describe the RDN/LTSN LOM Application Profile and its use to support resource discovery. |
April 2004, issue39, feature article |
Improving the Quality of Metadata in Eprint Archives |
Marieke Guy, Andy Powell and Michael Day address the argument that the quality of service to end-users is markedly influenced by the quality of metadata being produced and provide suggestions. |
January 2004, issue38, feature article |
Mapping the JISC IE Service Landscape |
Andy Powell provides a graphical representation of how some well-known services, projects and software applications fit within the JISC Information Environment technical architecture. |
July 2003, issue36, feature article |
The JISC Information Environment and Web Services |
Andy Powell and Liz Lyon look at possible relationships between the Web Services idea and earlier ideas about seamless access to information. |
April 2002, issue31, feature article |
OpenResolver: A Simple OpenURL Resolver |
Andy Powell describes UKOLN's OpenResolver, a freely available demonstration OpenURL resolver. |
June 2001, issue28, feature article |
Metadata (1): Encoding OpenURLs in DC Metadata |
Andy Powell and Ann Apps propose a mechanism for embedding machine parsable citations into Dublin Core (DC) metadata records. |
March 2001, issue27, regular column |
Metadata: BIBLINK.Checksum |
Ian Peacock and Andy Powell describe a proposed algorithm for calculating a checksum for Web pages. |
September 1998, issue17, regular column |
Metadata Corner: CrossROADS and Interoperability |
Michael Day, Rachel Heery and Andy Powell report on work in progress on enhancements to the ROADS software. |
March 1998, issue14, regular column |
Dublin Core Management |
Andy Powell presents three models for the way in which metadata can be managed across a Web site and describes some of the tools that are beginning to be used at UKOLN to embed Dublin Core metadata into Web pages. |
July 1997, issue10, feature article |
Performance and Security: Notes for System Administrators |
Performance and Security - Notes for System Administrators: Andy Powell offers some hints and tips on the performance and security aspects of running electronic library services on UNIX based machines. |
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Unique Identifiers in a Digital World |
Andy Powell reports on a seminar organised jointly by Book Industry Communication and the UKOLN on the use of unique identifiers in electronic publishing. |
March 1997, issue8, event report |
