MetaDL swMATH ID: 1726 Software Authors: Makedon, Fillia; Ford, James; Shen, Li; Steinberg, Tilmann; Saykin, Andrew; Wishart, Heather; Kapidakis, Sarantos Description: MetaDL: A digital library of metadata for sensitive or complex research data. Traditional digital library systems have certain limitations when dealing with complex or sensitive (e.g. proprietary) data. Collections of digital libraries have to be accessed individually and through non-uniform interfaces. By introducing a level of abstraction, a MetaDigital Library or MetaDL, users gain a central access portal that allows for prioritized queries, evaluation and rating of the results, and secure negotiations to obtain primary data. This paper demonstrates the MetaDL architecture with an application in brain imaging research, BrassDL, the Brain Support Access System Digital Library. BrassDL is currently under development. This paper describes a theoretical framework behind it, addressing aspects from metadata extraction and system-supported negotiations to legal, ethical and sustainability issues. Homepage: http://www.ionio.gr/~sarantos/repository/j09C-LNCS24580374metaDL.pdf Related Software: Cited in: 1 Publication Standard Articles 1 Publication describing the Software, including 1 Publication in zbMATH Year MetaDL: A digital library of metadata for sensitive or complex research data. Zbl 1017.68800Makedon, Fillia; Ford, James; Shen, Li; Steinberg, Tilmann; Saykin, Andrew; Wishart, Heather; Kapidakis, Sarantos 2002 all top 5 Cited by 6 Authors 1 Kapidakis, Sarantos 1 Makedon, Fillia 1 Saykin, Andrew J. 1 Shen, Li 1 Steinberg, Tilmann 1 Wishart, Heather Cited in 0 Serials Cited in 1 Field 1 Computer science (68-XX) Citations by Year