Information Systems and Technology Flashcards
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Which file format is specifically designed for encoding finding aids for archival collections and uses a hierarchical XML structure?
Answer: EAD (Encoded Archival Description)
EAD is an XML standard maintained by the Library of Congress for encoding archival finding aids, capturing the hierarchical arrangement of archival collections.
A library's website experiences a sudden spike in traffic that exhausts server resources. Which architecture pattern best mitigates this through automatic resource scaling?
Answer: Cloud-based auto-scaling with a load balancer
Cloud auto-scaling dynamically provisions additional server instances in response to demand spikes and distributes traffic through a load balancer.
In digital preservation, what does the OAIS (Open Archival Information System) model call the package of content submitted by a producer to the archive?
Answer: Submission Information Package (SIP)
The SIP is the information package delivered by a producer (depositor) to the OAIS archive for ingestion and preservation.
Which index structure does most modern full-text search software (e.g., Solr, Elasticsearch) rely on for fast keyword lookup?
Answer: Inverted index
An inverted index maps each unique term to a list of documents containing it, enabling extremely fast full-text search across large corpora.
A cataloger wants to express that two different FRBR Works are translations of each other using BIBFRAME. Which property should be used?
Answer: bf:translationOf
BIBFRAME defines bf:translationOf as the specific relationship property linking a translated Work back to the original Work it was derived from.
What is the primary advantage of using a microservices architecture for a next-generation library services platform (LSP)?
Answer: Individual services can be updated, scaled, or replaced independently without affecting the entire system
Microservices decompose a system into loosely coupled, independently deployable components, enabling targeted upgrades and scaling without system-wide downtime.
Which NISO standard defines a framework for comparing and licensing electronic resources, commonly used in library e-resource negotiations?
Answer: SERU (Shared E-Resource Understanding)
SERU provides a voluntary framework that allows libraries and publishers to forgo formal license agreements by relying on shared understandings of standard practices.