Abstract
Discusses the application of the semantic web in the area of international cooperation. Identifies three models: the spidering central database system to assemble information from similarly coded databases; multiple results assembly from dynamic sites; authoring systems drawing content from different sites into static pages. Describes some services representing these models: the European Libraries Network for Development (ELAND); the Accessible Information on Development Activities (AIDA) project; moreover.com. In future, data and services will be traded to provide content for web services. Notes that the World Wide Web has had a huge impact in relation to libraries and catalogues and has implications for the way libraries (real and virtual) are resourced in the future. Concludes that any present practices and policies will remain the same, but the design and technology will change.
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