Chinese Name Authority Portal

1. 香港中文大學圖書館系統 University Library System The Chinese University of Hong Kong Chinese Name Authority Portal Paul LAU University Library System (CUHK) Chinese Name Authority Portal - One Stop Search

2. What is Chinese Name Authority Portal? • A single search interface for multiple Chinese Name Authority Databases Chinese Name Authority Portal - One Stop Search

3. One Stop Search for Multi Name Authority Database Chinese Name Authority Portal - One Stop Search

4. Sites Covered • LC (Library of Congress Name Authority Database, US) • NLC (National Library of China Authority Database, PRC) 国家图书馆管理库 • CNAD (Chinese Name Authority Database of Taiwan) 中文名稱權威資料庫 • HKCAN ( Hong Kong Chinese Authority Name Database) 香港中文名稱規範數據庫 Chinese Name Authority Portal - One Stop Search

5. LC (Library of Congress, US) Chinese Name Authority Portal - One Stop Search

6. NLC (National Library of China, PRC) 国家图书馆管理库 Chinese Name Authority Portal - One Stop Search

7. CNAD (Chinese Name Authority Database of Taiwan)中文名稱權威資料庫 Chinese Name Authority Portal - One Stop Search

8. HKCAN ( Hong Kong Chinese Authority Name Database)香港中文名稱規範數據庫 Chinese Name Authority Portal - One Stop Search

9. Chinese Name Authority Portal User Interface Backend Server • Outbound Processing • Target site specific encoding conversion • Transport request to target sites • Inbound Processing • UTF-8 conversion from returned result set • Transport response to portal’s result page Internet HKCAN CNAD LC NLC System Flow Chinese Name Authority Portal - One Stop Search

10. Search Result Page (Phase I) Chinese Name Authority Portal - One Stop Search

11. Limitations (Phase I) • Does not support Chinese character search • Result page displays number of records only Chinese Name Authority Portal - One Stop Search

12. Solution for Chinese Support Encoding conversion and Smart Chinese Search CNA Portal User Interface (UTF-8) Chinese Name Authority Portal - One Stop Search

13. Other Challenges • Different MARC format used among the target sites. • Not many direct common fields for information display Chinese Name Authority Portal - One Stop Search

14. Search Result Screen of Library of Congress Chinese Name Authority Portal - One Stop Search

15. Search Result Screen of National Library of China Chinese Name Authority Portal - One Stop Search

16. Search result Screen of Chinese Name Authority Database of Taiwan Chinese Name Authority Portal - One Stop Search

17. Search Result Screen of Hong Kong Chinese Authority Name Database Chinese Name Authority Portal - One Stop Search

18. Solution • Develop a program to consolidate the result set into a collective result page Chinese Name Authority Portal - One Stop Search

19. New Features in Phase II • Unicode support • Chinese character search support • Smart Chinese search capability • Consolidate result set Chinese Name Authority Portal - One Stop Search

20. Phase II - Chinese Name Authority Portal Chinese Name Authority Portal - One Stop Search

21. Interim Search Status Page Chinese Name Authority Portal - One Stop Search

22. Final Result Page Chinese Name Authority Portal - One Stop Search

23. Limitations (Phase II) • Response time depends on • network latency and availability of target sites, which is not much in our control and likely to remain as an unresolved dependency issue. • Solution • Limit the maximum search result to 100 records per site • Target search sites changes’ implications • As there is no formal collaboration among all target search sites, any changes made to them would guarantee unpredictable results or system malfunction for the NA portal tool. • Solution • Establish a self-test routine to ensure the normal operation of the portal, and act should anything goes wrong. Chinese Name Authority Portal - One Stop Search

24. Q&A Thank you! The End… paullau@cuhk.edu.hk Chinese Name Authority Portal - One Stop Search