Method and System for Populating a Database With Bibliographic Data From Multiple Sources

A system for populating a relational database of bibliographic data associated with one or more document-based collections, wherein said bibliographic data is sourced from two or more sources having distinct source-specific formats, the system comprising:

• one or more data storage devices configured to define an intermediate data structure and a refined database data structure distinct therefrom, and for storing database elements derived from each of the two or more sources in accordance with said refined database data structure;
• independent standardization modules for independently standardizing data accessed from the two or more sources in accordance with a common intermediate source-independent format dictated by said intermediate data structure, such that similar data elements from distinct source-specific formats are commonly identified within said intermediate format;
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• an interpreter for further interpreting said standardized data in relation to said stored database elements from each of the two or more sources for populating the database in accordance with said relation with at least some repetitive elements replaced with reference thereto, consistent with said refined database data structure.