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Chapter 8 : Data Transfer / P. Sargent.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sargent, P., author.
- Series:
- Journal of ASTM International. Manual Series ; MNL10135M.
- ASTM manual series ; MNL10135M
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Materials--Databases.
- Materials.
- LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES--Library & Information Science--General.
- LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (18 pages) : illustrations, figures, tables.
- Volume 1993, Issue 19 (November 1993)
- Other Title:
- ASTM digital library.
- Place of Publication:
- West Conshohocken, Pa. : ASTM International, 1993.
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- text file PDF
- Summary:
- The major difficulty in transferring materials property information among database systems is the conceptual mismatch of the sending and receiving systems, between the ways in which (1) materials are designated and (2) properties are defined. The second major difficulty is that the two systems usually represent relationships between data and metadata [1] using different conventions. Third are the relatively minor technical problems of agreeing text or binary file formats, which relate names of terms to their values, and which represent numbers, symbols, units, and text. There are organizational problems of agreeing which and what kind of information should be transferred, what pricing scheme to use, determining who should pay for the development of translator software, and determining how it should be sold or distributed. These are even more problematic in practice than the technical issues. Transfer of all technical data has certain things in common with respect to scope, software, and organization.
- Notes:
- "ASTM Stock Number: MNL10135M".
- Includes bibliographical references 27.
- Electronic reproduction. W. Conshohocken, Pa. : ASTM International, 1993. Mode of access: World Wide Web. System requirements: Web browser. Access may be restricted to users at subscribing institutions.
- Description based on publisher's website, viewed May 03, 2017.
- ISBN:
- 9780803145252 (e-ISBN)
- 9780803120525
- 0803120524
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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