METRO, 2014-05-14 and 2014-05-15
5.1 Metadata Decisions for Your Digital Collection (ppt)
5.2 Application Profiles (ppt)
5.2 (Hands-on) Developing a Metadata Element Set and/or an Application Profile for a postcard collection
(Use the template (WORD doc, also will be distributed in class))
In-class practice 3.(Group):
Part 1. Knowing your collection.
Group preparation: Form the group, start examining the resources to be described. Draft the desired elements.
(template p.1)Part 2. Developing the Element Set/Application Profile for the collection
Step 1. Communicate about the functional requirements p.90 (template p.1)
Step 2. Design a domain model
Step 3. Identify desired metadata elements for the collection (lecture notes ppt) p.93
- Group work I. Elements (template p. 3)
Step 4. Value Space Decisions (lecture notes ppt) p.103
-- Using authority files for names, titles, and subjects
- Group work II. Value space (template p. 4)
- Link to a list of online sources: Value encoding standards
Step 5. Find existing elements and re-use them in an Application Profile p.101
- Group work III. Reusing existing elements in the application profile (template p. 5)
Step 6. Mapping and Crosswalking p.119
- Group work IV. Basic mapping practice (mapping with another group's elements) Crosswalking
Mapping between different formats (lecture notes ppt) (template p. 6)
Step 7. [info] Specification / Documentation (lecture notes ppt) p.93
- [info] Write a specification for the complete element set (template p. 7)
Step 8. [info] Prepare guidelines for use (template p. 8)
Step 9. [info] Creating a metadata schema using XML (links) p.131
Exercise 5: Defining Properties using ContentDM software:
- Set up your WorldCat account (Instruction) or Go to: http://www.worldcat.org/account/?page=register
- Practice with Content DM (Instruction (WORD)). Host site: https://server15855.contentdm.oclc.org/cgi-bin/admin/start.exe
7.1 Where to find a property that was already defined by a standard?
7.2 What is in an aggregated metadata repository?
7.3 Quality enhancement in metadata repositories (lecture notes ppt) p.247
7.4 [If time allows] Linked Data and LAMs (ppt)
7.5 Summary and Conclusion (ppt)
For more information:
*Metadata. Marcia L. Zeng and Jian Qin. New York: Neal-Schuman, 2008. ISBN: 9781555706357 / 9781856046558
2nd Edition to be published in 2014.
ALA Neal-Schuman, ISBN: 1555709656 / 978-1555709655
book website: http://www.metadataetc.org/book-website/index.html
.Metadata Basics Tutorial. http://marciazeng.slis.kent.edu/metadatabasics/index.htm
© Marcia Zeng mzeng at kent doc edu 2001-2014