E4Libraries Workshop Data Data EverywhereIan Manson UK Sales Manager August 2006Ian Manson Sales ManagerINFOR Library Solutions DivisionA familiar name with over 30 years experience in library automation 10th Largest Software Company in the World Multiple software products Application and market based solutions Over 70,000 Customers Over $2.1 Billion per annum revenuePre EDI and Library Management SystemsData Integration Getting stuff in and out, fitting it into the right holesWe all use standards. Marc EDI SIP2 ISO ILL NCIP Z39.50Sometimes we all use the same ones.Problem, what problem.I just have an extra bit of information that needs to be added to . Standards evolve, but often they get extended to meet a local need.And we work with Supplier XSystem Y Library ZCouncil System A,B and CAnd everyone enters the race at a different point.You know that standard, well.Hitting a moving targetThis year we shall mostly be using Edifact, Marc21 and not worrying about our financial system too much.But next year well need you to talk to a brand new Microsaporaclesoft financial system, but we dont know much about it yet and then.Linguistic dexterityOnce upon a time computers were very scared of too much data. They liked the simple things in life and had a hard time understanding things quickly and it cost a lot to remember much.Now they are all-powerful, control the universe, juggle planets at the speed of light and eat galaxies of information for breakfast.Think teleordering to Web 2.0 TechnologySpeaking in tongues Data used to be obtuse in its encoding and mostly designed to be compressible for transportationMore room to talk and add meaningIf you include contextual information in the data it becomes far more flexible ( for a computer anyway).XML ( EXtensible Mark up Language) Service Oriented Architecture Moving away from a monolithic application architecture to Data when you need it. Delivery in real time. Flexibility in workflow. Reducing proprietary interfaces. Re-use Retaining value of informationFrom Traditional Architectureto SOATraditional Application A Black BoxSOA ApplicationProcessBusiness ServicesBusiness ServicesBusiness ServicesDecoupling the end-to-end business processEventDecoupling the end-to-end business processSSESub-process #1End-to-end processEvent-driven SOA design principles Self-contained and autonomous sub-processes Sub-process workflow leverages business services Events drive end-to-end processes12EventEventEvent3SOAP is not a dirty wordData integration using SOAP and/or XML can support a more flexible way of working. Examples active include :- Smart card services, reading lists with VLEs, user information updates, budget information, RFID tag data, bibliographic record retrieval etcEnhancing the customer experience XML in actionInserts data on the fly when the record is presented.Nirvana All the suppliers support the current standards All the systems use the same standards All the libraries work the same way All the councils expect the same information Tick the box marked E4Libraries and problem solved.But dont forgetONIX Where does this fit in.RDA Hands up if youve heard of FRBR, then another if you have RDA on your radarActs of Gates / Web 3.0 / Everything is a platform/ Google/ The End of the book is nighThe steer from MLAAnd not forgetting that whatever we do today, tomorrow will see the dawn of the next technology. E4Libraries Workshop Data Data EverywhereIan Manson UK Sales Manager August 2006Ian Manson Sales Manager