Scoil an Léinn Eolais agus

na Leabharlannaíochta UCD

UCD School of Information

and Library Studies

OJAX: Facilitating dynamic access

to repository metadata

Judith Wusteman

DORSDL ‘06

Overview

• Ajax

• Introducing OJAX

• Group discussion

Ajax

• Asynchronous JavaScript + XML

• Asynchronous communication between browser clients and server-side system

• A general approach to the development of interactive Web applications

Diagram of ajax?

More explanation of ajax

Jesse James Garrett, 2005

Ajax ApplicationsAjax ApplicationsAjax Applications

AJAX Applications

OJAX

OJAX demo

Future research directions

• Integrations and interoperability– e.g. OJAX as an alternative search interface for

institutional repository software

• OJAX++ collaborative research environment

Discussion:

• Implications of Ajax for repository systems?

• Web 2.0:– Are libraries responding fast enough?

• Standard Web Services for libraries:– Are the library vendors doing enough?

• Adopting good-enough universal standards vs perfect-fit library standards: Should there be a distinction between Library 2.0 and Web 2.0 technology?

Unifying the user interface

Auto-completionAuto-searchDynamic archive list

Dynamic scrolling

Auto-expansion of results

Sorting results

OJAX 0.6: Opensearch