Expertus®WWW - CDS/ISIS databases on the World Wide Web

The Splendor solution for CDS/ISIS databases - Expertus®WWW - allows for installation on the World Wide Web any database created using CDS/ISIS structure. Software understands inverted file of CDS/ISIS database and process the same retrieval functions as CDS/ISIS does. The search results are created on-line.
No conversion or preprocessing of CDS/ISIS database is required.
The database in CDS/ISIS format must be simply put on WWW server and Expertus®WWW should be run in CGI mode.
Key features of Expertus®WWW are::

All above-mentioned options are presented below (as an example: demo database).
Software requirements
Expertus ®WWW software is plaform independent. It runs on any type of CPU (Intel, SPARC and others) and operating systems listed below: Using Expertus®WWW does not introduce any changes during creation of the database.
Creation of the database does not vary, you are using CDS/ISIS.
CDS/ISIS database is retrieved directly, without any conversion or preprocessing.

Demo database CDS/ISIS managed by Expertus WWW
Expertus WWW presents any CDS/ISIS databases (bibliographies, catalogues) on Internet by WWW.
Demo database is a simple catalogue of books.
Retrieval fields are:
  • lastname and firstname in separated subfields
  • repetable fields are: authors and keywords
  • aside from indexing whole fields, into inverted file are also taken all words from title, publisher, keyword
  • indexes can be browsed for each field separately
Sarching can apply to the whole database or can be narrowed to selected years: 1997; 1996; 1995; 1994; 1993;
Results can be narrowed to books published in selected languages: Polish; English; German; other;

Display of the retrieved records
  • results can be displayed according to PFT files of CDS/ISIS
  • with full field labels (fields preceded by labels Author:, Title, Catalogue number:
  • with short field labels (fields preceded by labels AU:, TI, CN:
  • in USMARC format
  • some fileds as an example author, keyword can have active links

Retrieval interface

Combine with: Display format:
Limits
Publication language (no selection == all): Polish; English; German; other;
Publication year (no selection == all)
1997; 1996; 1995; 1994; 1993; 1992; 1991; 1990; 1989; 1988;
1987; 1984; 1980; 1977; 1976; 1975; 1974; 1966; 1964; 1949;
Example: Searching by any words from title
Combine with: Display format:
Limits
Publication language (no selection == all): Polish; English; German; other;
Publication year (no selection == all)
1997; 1996; 1995; 1994; 1993; 1992; 1991; 1990; 1989; 1988;
1987; 1984; 1980; 1977; 1976; 1975; 1974; 1966; 1964; 1949;

Search results

Query: ( SHERLOCK* AND HOLMES* ) AND ( POLISH OR ENGLISH )
Number of records found: 2


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Doyle Arthur Conan: Sherlock Holmes niepokonany.
Poznan: Wydawnictwo Poznańskie, 1960, 229 s.
Catalogue number: R01-1310; R01-1311
Keywords: fiction * detective story * English novel


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Doyle Arthur Conan: Przygody Sherlocka Holmesa.
Warsaw: Iskry, 1960, 435 s.
Catalogue number: R01-1410; R01-1411
Keywords: fiction * detective story * English novel





While browsing retrieved records you can:
Example: Broadening search
Combine with: Display format:
Limits
Publication language (no selection == all): Polish; English; German; other;
Publication year (no selection == all)
1997; 1996; 1995; 1994; 1993; 1992; 1991; 1990; 1989; 1988;
1987; 1984; 1980; 1977; 1976; 1975; 1974; 1966; 1964; 1949;

Search results

Query: ( ( PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES OR COMPUTER SYSTEMS ) ) AND ( POLISH OR ENGLISH ) AND ( 1997 OR 1996 OR 1995 )
Number of records found: 4


1/4

041 $a Polish
100 $a Osiak, Sławomir
245 $a Programowanie w Windows / $c Sławomir Osiak.
260 $a Warsaw : $b Mikom , $c 1997
300 $a 226 pp. tab. fig. ilustr.
650 $a computer programming
650 $a computer languages
650 $a object programming
650 $a computer systems
920 $a 83-7158-048-7
949 $x 14-1010
949 $x 14-1011


2/4

041 $a Polish
100 $a Petzold, Charles
700 $a Yao, Paul
245 $a Programowanie Windows 95 / $c Charles Petzold, Paul Yao.
260 $a Warsaw : $b Oficyna Wydawnicza READ ME , $c 1997
300 $a 1114 pp. tab. fig.
650 $a computer programming
650 $a computer languages
650 $a structural programming
650 $a computer systems
920 $a 83-7147-059-2
949 $x F01-1050


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041 $a English
100 $a Petzold, Charles
700 $a Yao, Paul
245 $a Programming Windows 95 / $c Charles Petzold, Paul Yao.
260 $a Redmond : $b Microsoft Press , $c 1996
300 $a 980 pp. tab. fig.
650 $a computer programming
650 $a computer languages
650 $a structural programming
650 $a computer systems
949 $x F01-1060


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041 $a Polish
100 $a Jamsa, Kris
700 $a Lalani, Suleiman Sam
700 $a Weakley, Steve
245 $a Programowanie WWW / $c Kris Jamsa, Suleiman Sam Lalani, Steve Weakley.
260 $a Warsaw : $b Mikom , $c 1997
300 $a 572 pp. tab. fig.
650 $a computer programming
650 $a computer languages
650 $a computer systems
920 $a 83-7128-055-X
949 $x F01-1070




Example: using index - searching an author in the Index
Combine with: Display format:
Limits
Publication language (no selection == all): Polish; English; German; other;
Publication year (no selection == all)
1997; 1996; 1995; 1994; 1993; 1992; 1991; 1990; 1989; 1988;
1987; 1984; 1980; 1977; 1976; 1975; 1974; 1966; 1964; 1949;


You see a portion of the Index starting with Hemingway:

Index list:


HEMINGWAY ERNEST
JAMSA KRIS
KAMIŃSKI MARIAN
KERNIGHAM BRIAN
KORBICZ JÓZEF
KORPIKIEWICZ HONORATA
KUSSMANN RALF
LALANI SULEIMAN SAM
LEDGARD HENRY
LEM STANISŁAW
MACIESZCZAK ANDRZEJ
MANDERA WERNER
MARCOTTY MICHAEL
MIKKE JANUSZ
MORIBER HARRY
NEYMANN MONIKA
NIEDŹWIECKI HENRYK
OBUCHOWICZ ANDRZEJ
OSIAK SŁAWOMIR

After selecting Hemingway Ernest, records authored by Ernest Hemingway are displayed. Results are limited to books available in English (limit set before displaying the Index).

Note:

Search results

Query: HEMINGWAY ERNEST AND ENGLISH
Number of records found: 3


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AU: Hemingway Ernest
TI: A Farewell to Arms
PE: London
ED: Arrow Books
PY: 1994
PG: 294 s.
IB: 0-09-991010-1
CN: 32-1200
KW: fiction * American-english literature * English language - novel


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AU: Hemingway Ernest
TI: The Sun Also Rises
PE: London
ED: Arrow Books
PY: 1993
PG: 206 s.
IB: 0-09-990850-6
CN: 32-1170
KW: fiction * American-english literature * English language - novel


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AU: Hemingway Ernest
TI: The Old Man And The Sea
PE: London
ED: Arrow Books
PY: 1993
PG: 110 s.
IB: 0-09-990840-9
CN: 32-1160
KW: fiction * American-english literature * English language - novel






The same search result displayed in USMARC format:

Search results

Query: HEMINGWAY ERNEST AND ENGLISH
Number of records found: 3


1/3

041 $a English
100 $a Hemingway, Ernest
245 $a A Farewell to Arms / $c Ernest Hemingway.
260 $a London : $b Arrow Books , $c 1994
300 $a 294 s.
650 $a fiction
650 $a American-english literature
650 $a English language - novel
920 $a 0-09-991010-1
949 $x 32-1200


2/3

041 $a English
100 $a Hemingway, Ernest
245 $a The Sun Also Rises / $c Ernest Hemingway.
260 $a London : $b Arrow Books , $c 1993
300 $a 206 s.
650 $a fiction
650 $a American-english literature
650 $a English language - novel
920 $a 0-09-990850-6
949 $x 32-1170


3/3

041 $a English
100 $a Hemingway, Ernest
245 $a The Old Man And The Sea / $c Ernest Hemingway.
260 $a London : $b Arrow Books , $c 1993
300 $a 110 s.
650 $a fiction
650 $a American-english literature
650 $a English language - novel
920 $a 0-09-990840-9
949 $x 32-1160





Expertus WWW accesses a CDS/ISIS database directely, without any conversion or preprocessing, using full possibilities of inverted file.
We offer also an additional software Expertus®INV when you want to breake CDS/ISIS limits and put to inverted file long keys (above 30 characters long).
List of installations (above 180 databases, ordered by database names: installations)

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