Dspace and the standardization of the information: names of Spanish authors (Poster)

摘要: Introduction From the experience with IraLIS (International Registry for Authors in Library and Information Science, http://www.iralis.org) this work studies how author names are being standardized OAI environment, particular Dspace projects. Our standardization strategy is eclectic if compared traditional cataloguing work. The study identifies forms of Spanish repositories objective improving their retrieval precision through various technological developments. Contrary to keywords, or even institutions, personal authors fix characters strings, independent language. For that reason it’s easy retrieve type information an efficient way. correct registry have foremost importance academic staff, who base acknowledgment on curricula. The variations signatures specially problematic Spain Hispano-American countries. Unlike Anglo-Saxon, Portuguese, Nordic Slavic, Spaniards use officially two family names: first one taken from father second mother. Moreover, very often they also a compound given name. A signature composed by many elements contributes, addition, more variations. sign official name find unpleasant surprise: Their works appear referenced different at internet crawlers –like Google-, archives international data bases. It depends producer resource has interpreted signatures. To compile bibliography sometimes difficult. Standardization The normalization essential transfer it. In world information, control classic task libraries. Traditionally libraries used authority files accepted names, Used references non-accepted forms. IFLA promoted edition GARE (Guidelines Authorities Reference Entries), (GSARE) 1993. But currently situation changed. A virtual file authorities level necessary order single access names. According Tillet these changes due appearance Web Open Archives Initiative (OAI). Objectives present all repositories. will statistically those "international form" name, consistency between forms, most frequent typing errors... Our methodology based browsing main archives. aim critical mass enough analyse allow us establish recommendations repositories, according project issued FECYT (Spanish Foundation Science Technology).