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Unit 14: Selected Library Packages: Winisis, .........

• A data base definition component allowing the user to define the data to be processed for a
particular application; Notes
• A data entry component for entering and modifying data through user-created data base
specific worksheets;
• An information retrieval component using a powerful search language providing for field-
level and proximity search operators, in addition to the traditional and/or/not operators, as
well as free-text searching;
• A powerful sort and report generation facility allowing the user to easily create any desired
printed products, such as catalogues, indexes, directories, etc.;
• A data interchange function based on the ISO 2709 international standard used by leading
data base producers;
• An integrated application programming language (CDS/ISIS Pascal and the ISIS_DLL), al-
lowing the user to tailor the software to specific needs;
• Functions allowing the user to build relational data bases, though CDS/ISIS is not based over
a relational model;
• Powerful hypertext functions allow to design complex user interfaces.
A Windows interface between CDS/ISIS and IDAMS, the UNESCO software for statistical analysis,
has also been developed.
From the outset, CDS/ISIS was created as a multi-lingual software, providing integrated facilities
for the development of local linguistic versions. Thus, although UNESCO distributes only the English,
French and Spanish versions of the package, user-developed versions exist in virtually all languages,
including special versions which UNESCO helped in developing, for Arabic, Chinese and Korean.

Due to fast expansion of higher education in India in the recent years, a large
number of new and established institutions are embarking upon implementation
of ICT for provision of library and information services. There is also increasing
interest among information professionals to use open source information
processing tools, such as WINISIS, Greenstone, DSpace, EPrint, etc. However,
limited training opportunities in non-metropolis are an impediment to the spread
of these tools.

WINSIS network configuration example with window NT4
1. Principles and définitions
A network is composed by a Server and n local PCs.
Local PCs : Server's hard disk portion that can be accessed from local PCs (read-only) is a network
drive indicated by the letter <H:>. This may correspond for example, to the partition <D:> of the
Servers' HD.
Local PCs may, of cours, read and write their own HD's <C:\WINISIS\> folder and its subdirectories.
Following the experience accumulated with the Dos version of CDS/ISIS, it is suggested that folders
and files in PROG, MENU, MSG and WORK to be accessible for writing. (Better to foresee a backup
copy of these files on local machines)
A distinct working directory on each local client PC is also needed for multi-user operations. These
directories shall have the same name (i.e. C:\work).

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