The Mighty Setlink CERN AS/DH Library Support - 18th August 1999 D. McGlashan, J.-Y. Le Meur

Limitations of Setlink...

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  Files are stored in a seemingly haphazard fashion.
  Setlink has developed a powerful search facility.
  Sometimes it is not enough for Setlink to keep up.
Archive is too big & varied to test Setlink.
  Mistakes are found by users.
  Morally speaking, this is bad.
 
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The Mighty Setlink CERN AS/DH Library Support - 18th August 1999 D. McGlashan, J.-Y. Le Meur

More Limitations...

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For all its modularity, the program is still changed.
  Some problems/features cannot be resolved by the Recipe file.
  Normal software evolution, bug fixes etc.
Setlink does not control its external links.
  They point to other sites on the web, eg Los Alamos.
Poor browser support for file formats.
  PostScript, PDF & TIFF etc. not directly viewable.
  User must download first.
  May be resolved in the future.
 
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The Mighty Setlink CERN AS/DH Library Support - 18th August 1999 D. McGlashan, J.-Y. Le Meur

Conclusions...

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People should make hypertext links to Setlink.
  Instead of the physical document they should use Setlink page.
  This is hard to enforce.
We hope more web-sites will use link managers.
  There will be less "404"s on the web.
  This will improve the web's usability.
 
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The Mighty Setlink CERN AS/DH Library Support - 18th August 1999 D. McGlashan, J.-Y. Le Meur

Statistics...

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Usage:
  897 accesses made to Setlink on 17th August.
  August is typically a "quiet" month.
  1023 accesses on 1st March (900-1000 a day).
Which bases:
  59% - Preprints
  28% - Photographs
   5% - ATLAS Notes
  (Others all less than 2%)
 
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The Mighty Setlink CERN AS/DH Library Support - 18th August 1999 D. McGlashan, J.-Y. Le Meur

Questions...

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What do you think of the International Situation?
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
Short term URL:
http://documents.cern.ch/conf/cern/setlink99/
 
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