> I think Code4libbers will know more about my question about distributed > INDEXES? This is my rudimentary knowledge of linked data - that the > indexing process will have to transit the links, and build a local index to > the data, even if in displaying the individual "records", it goes again out > to the source. But are there examples of distributed systems that have > distributed INDEXES? Or Am I wrong in envisioning an index as a separate > entity from the data in today's technology? > > I'm a little confused by what you mean by distributed index in a linked data context. I assume an index would have to be database implementation specific, while data is typically exposed for external consumption via implementation-agnostic protocols/formats, like a SPARQL endpoint or a REST API. How do you locally index something remote under these constraints? -Sarah > Cindy Harper > > -----Original Message----- > From: Harper, Cynthia > Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2015 1:20 PM > To: [log in to unmask]; 'Williams, Ann' > Subject: RE: linked data question > > What I haven't read, but what I have wondered about, is whether so far, > linked DATA is distributed, but the INDEXES are local? Is there any > example of a system with distributed INDEXES? > > Cindy Harper > [log in to unmask] > > -----Original Message----- > From: AUTOCAT [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Williams, Ann > Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2015 10:26 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: [ACAT] linked data question > > I was just wondering how linked data will affect OPAC searching and > discovery vs. a record with text approach. For example, we have various 856 > links to publisher, summary and biographical information in our OPAC as > well as ISBNs linking to ContentCafe. But none of that content is > discoverable in the OPAC and it requires a further click on the part of > patrons (many of whom won't click). > > Ann Williams > USJ > -- > *********************************************************************** > > AUTOCAT quoting guide: http://www.cwu.edu/~dcc/Autocat/copyright.html > E-mail AUTOCAT listowners: [log in to unmask] > Search AUTOCAT archives: http://listserv.syr.edu/archives/autocat.html > By posting messages to AUTOCAT, the author does not cede copyright > > *********************************************************************** >