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DESIRE Phase 1

NOTE: The DESIRE web site has been reorganised. See also the general overview and deliverables pages.

These pages point to a collection of software tools, reports and guidelines developed by DESIRE to aid Internet resource discovery. They are all freely available and those interested in creating a strategy for Internet cataloguing and indexing are encouraged to use them. 

Select an item from the list below to see a description of the DESIRE research in this field. Hyperlinks from the descriptions will take you directly to the research outputs themselves. 

 
Cataloguing
Quality 
Subject Based Information Gateways
Selection Criteria Report
Quality Model for Subject Gateways
Developing Selection Criteria
Selection Criteria: Examples
Resource Description 
A Review of Metadata
ROADS: Examples of Use
Metadata Software Tools
Classification 
The Role of Classification
Mapping Classification Schemes
Multilingual Issues 
Internationalization in the DESIRE Project
Developing Multilingual Gateways
Distributed Cataloguing 
Distributed and Part-Automated Cataloguing 
Cross Searching Demonstrator
Indexing
Harvesting 
The Combine Harvester
Combine Harvester Documentation
Combine Harvester: Examples of Use
Indexing 
Integration of Indexing and Subject Gateways