A Content Management System for PhD theses

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A CMS for PhD Theses
Oleg Burlaca, Constantin Gaindric, Svetlana
Cojocaru Institute of Mathematics and Computer
Science
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ETD Electronic Theses and Dissertations
All ETD related projects that were investigated
had focused more on automatic and distributed
submission of theses, library processing, full
text indexing, format conversion, rather than
investing in system functionality, usability,
information architecture.
Building a Content Management System for the
National portal of Phd Theses
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What is a CMS ?
Software that enables one to add and/or
manipulate content on a Web site.
CMS Purpose
Enhanced integration and automatization of
processes that contribute to efficient
dissemination of information on the Internet
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NeoSite
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Toolbars defined in XML docs
Search Panel
Content Tree
Monitoring Error logs
Search Results
Template Tree
Opened entities and tasks
FTP Activity
HTTP Activity
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Multiple Relations
Theses
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New Relation

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Institutions
Specialtes
Theses
Councils
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Before
After

• Author
• Degree
• Speciality
• Date of defence
• Scientific supervisor
• Institution
• Scientific Council
• Status
• Keywords
• Summary
• Table of contents
• Committee members
• Oficial opponents

Thesis Abstract
Thesis
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Representing thesis data as hierarchical relations
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Thesis
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Institution
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Navigation
Browse by

• defence year
• institution
• science domain
• speciality

/theses/year/ /theses/institution/ /theses/do
main/ /theses/filter/?specid
Search

• .pdf, .doc files
• word forms russian, english, romanian

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Search
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Technology
ServerSide
Database MySql 4.0.22 Programming
Perl 5.8.7 WebServer 2 x Apache 1.3.33
(mod_rewrite
mod_proxy mod_perl)
ClientSide
NeoSite 3.5.3
Statistics
Nr. Theses 100 Theses (PDF) 520 MB
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What is an Electronic Thesis ?
Alternative method for displaying research

• Electronic, instead of paper
• Technologically advanced
• (color images, hyperlinks, audio/video)
• - Available for worldwide retrieval

Benefits
- Reduction in the needless repetition of
investigations that are carried out because
people are unaware of the findings of other
students who have completed a thesis. -
Widely known results allow copies to be
identified more easily.
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Conclusions
Theses will matter more than they have in the
past. Thanks to digital libraries, students and
universities will pay greater attention to the
quality of students research and writing.
Mission
To increase the visibility and to valorize
Moldavian scientific production at the
international level.
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