Database design of the Malaysia public figures web archive repository: a social and cultural heritage web collections
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1108/CC-09-2021-0025 |
| Published date | 20 January 2022 |
| Date | 20 January 2022 |
| Pages | 133-140 |
| Subject Matter | Library & information science,Collection building & management |
| Author | Farrah Diana Saiful Bahry,Noraizan Amran,Tesa Eranti Putri,Muhammad Idzwan Ramli |
Database design of the Malaysia public figures
web archive repository: a social and cultural
heritage web collections
Farrah Diana Saiful Bahry and Noraizan Amran
Faculty of Information Management, Universiti Teknologi MARA Selangor Branch, Puncak Perdana Campus, Malaysia
Tesa Eranti Putri
Faculty of Vocational Studies, Universitas Airlangga, Surabaya, Indonesia, and
Muhammad Idzwan Ramli
Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture Malaysia, National Archives of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Abstract
Purpose –The growth of web emerging technology and data visual demand from the World Wide Web (WWW) makes the need for information
repositories become vital. Proper database development will assure the repository managing web content effectively aligns with web archive
metadata standards. This paper aims to present the database design process for web archive content reposi tory specifically to maintain social and
cultural heritage values upon Malaysians as Mfigures.
Design/methodology/approach –The empirical process start with literature review and validation from expert on the elements and scopes of
research. Then, structured database design guideline which part of database life cycle (DBLC) was applied and combine d with the step of
comparative and mapping the conceptual model with metadata standard that is relevant with web archive content. The paper focuses on the first
three stages: Database Initial Study, web archiving and Metadata standard mapping; and conceptual design to focus on data modelling. Another
two stages of database design are logical design and physical design will be exposed later.
Findings –The empirical process has produced initial conceptual data model, database structure that can be a basis of web archiving repository.
The data model had also been verified with metadata data standards to assure the database structure implementation cater the need of web
archiving repository features especially web information discovery.
Research limitations/implications –Nevertheless, database design is the most effective way to develop good information architecture on the Net,
but the absence of some important fields on related tables have been identified such as subject, language, coverage, right, publisher and
contributor. The MFigures’database schema will continuously improve for better scope and coverage of web archive content suite with fu ture
information demands on the WWW.
Practical implications –The conceptual data model act as a communication tool by the technical team in web application development. It can be
revisited to suite with other different database management system or to suite with other similar scope of information repository requirements.
Social implications –Mfigures was uniquely designed for collecting Malaysian social and cultural heritage, which are rarely design before, and it
can be beneficial as Malaysia society future references for excellent motivations roles and successful stories.
Originality/value –The Mfigure conceptual data model was empirically design and gone through a proper validation process by the industrial and
academic experts.
Keywords Web archive repository, Metadata, Web preservation, Database design, Social and cultural heritage, Malaysia
Paper type Research paper
Introduction
Web archiving is used to createa copy of an updated version of
the website for that particular time for the purposeof long-term
web preservation and retrieval in the future. Web content can
be considered as virtual cultural heritage or cultural heritage
information resources.Capturing positive people’s experiences
and their ways of living toward success could bring multiple
thoughts to others. It also becomes part of social and cultural
memory to be kept and recognized in the future. Most stories
related to people, environment phenomena or any live
scenarios on earth happened havebeen captured through webs
or online. Nevertheless,the lifetime of each web document also
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The authors wish to thanks to colleague and superiors in the faculty
Information Management, Universiti Teknologi MARA Selangor,
National Archives of Malaysia and Faculty of Vocational Studies,
Universitas Airlangga for giving us opportunity doing the joint
collaboration in teaching and research project until the completions.
Received 28 September 2021
Revised 20 December 2021
Accepted 26 December 2021
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