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We propose two broad classes of service to the NSDL. First, we will provide automatic linking services that automatically bind key words and phrases to supplementary information. Such automatic linking services are already in place in the Perseus Digital Library. These services will help students, professionals outside a particular discipline, and the interested public to read documents full of ... read moreunfamiliar technical terms and concepts. Astronomy students and curious amateurs may need to see expansions of some acronyms, e.g., MACHO: massive compact halo object, such as neutron stars and brown dwarfs, or pictures of Kuiper belt objects. These services can be of particular help to undergraduates as they shift from textbooks to scientific literature: the student struggling with research papers on bioluminescence, for example, will be able to locate information about particular chemical processes or relevant species of echinoderms. Second, we will base automatic linking on authority control of names and terms and on links among different authority lists such as thesauri, glossaries, encyclopedias, subject hierarchies, and object catalogues.read less
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