METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR POPULATING A DATABASE WITH BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATA FROM MULTIPLE SOURCES

摘要

There is disclosed a method of populating a relational database of bibliographic data associated with one or more document-based collections, wherein the bibliographic data is sourced from two or more sources having distinct source-specific formats. The method generally comprises the steps of accessing source data from the two or more sources; independently standardizing the accessed data from each of the two or more sources in accordance with a common intermediate source-independent format dictated by an intermediate data structure, such that similar data elements from distinct source-specific formats are commonly identified within the intermediate format; and further interpreting the standardized data in relation to stored database elements comprising at least some database elements derived from each of the two or more sources, for populating the database in accordance with the relation with at least some repetitive elements replaced with reference thereto, consistent with a refined database data structure distinct from the intermediate data structure. A system and computer-readable medium for implementing the above method are also disclosed.