Metadata for digital collections : a how-to-do-it manual

9781555707460

xxiii, 343 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-332) and index

Foreword / Diane I. Hillmann
Introduction to metadata for digital collections : What is metadata? ; What is a digital collection? ; What does metadata do? ; Types of metadata ; Metadata standards ; Creating a digital collection ; Metadata for digital collections : Designing and documenting a metadata scheme; Creating metadata for digital objects; Metadata sharing, harvesting, and aggregating
Introduction to resource description and Dublin Core : Resource description fundamentals : Resource description : Resources; Metadata descriptions and records; Granularity of description; Element repeatability; Element functionality ; Local versus standard, shareable element sets ; Describing digital versus original resources : The one-to-one principle; Content versus carrier; Problems with the one-to-one principle in practice; Practical options for maintaining one-to-one ; Descriptive versus administrative metadata; The need for research ; Introduction to the Dublin Core metadata element set : Simple (Unqualified) Dublin Core; Qualified Dublin Core; Creation and use of Dublin Core metadata; The Dublin Core elements in practice
Resource identification and responsibility elements : Basic resource identification elements : Titles; Dublin Core title; Identifiers; Dublin Core identifier; Dates; Dublin Core date; Languages; Dublin Core language; Resource attributes not readily accommodated in Dublin Core ; Name, responsibility, and intellectual property elements : Names and roles of agents responsible for resources; Dublin Core creator and contributor; Publishers and publication; Dublin Core publisher; Rights, ownership, and restrictions on access; Dublin Core rights
Resource content and relationship elements : Resource content and carrier elements : Content types and genres; Dublin Core type; Formats and physical description; Dublin Core format ; Subject content elements : Subjects : Subject analysis, representation, and retrieval; Analyzing and identifying subject content; Aboutness, ofness, isness, and facets; Exhaustivity: number of subject terms; Specificity: specific versus general subject terms; Subject analysis and indexing of images ; Dublin Core subject; Dublin Core coverage; Descriptions, abstracts, and tables of contents; Dublin Core description ; Resource relationship elements : Relationships among different resources; Dublin Core relation and source ; Dublin Core full record examples ; Mapping local elements to Dublin Core
Controlled vocabularies for improved resource discovery : Improving resource discovery ; Types of controlled vocabularies : Lists; Synonym rings; Authority files; Taxonomies and classification schemes; Thesauri; Subject heading lists ; Using established vocabularies ; Creating your own vocabularies
XML-encoded metadata : XML metadata basics : Introduction to metadata encoding and XML; XML syntax: elements and attributes; Well-formed versus valid XML; XML namespaces and metadata modularity; Creating metadata in XML ; XML metadata record examples : Dublin Core in XML; MODS XML ; Anatomy of an XML metadata record
MODS: the Metadata Object Description Schema : Introduction and overview : MODS implementation projects; MODS documentation; MODS XML structure; Container elements and subelements; Element attributes ; Flexibility in MODS level of detail and granularity ; MODS elements: an overview with examples : TitleInfo; Name; TypeOfResource; Genre; Origin info; Language; Physical description; Abstract; TableOfContents; Target audience; Note; Subject; Classification; Related item; Identifier; Location; AccessCondition; Part; Extension; Record info ; MODS records : Complete MODS record example; Creating MODS XML records; Displaying and transforming MODS XML records; Qualified Dublin Core and MODS record comparison ; Mapping from Dublin Core to MODS : Automated mapping from simple Dublin Core to simple MODS; Human mapping from qualified Dublin Core to Richer MODS
VRA Core: the Visual Resources Association Core Categories : Introduction and overview : Metadata for museum objects; Metadata standards for museum objects ; VRA 3.0 overview ; VRA 3.0 record examples ; VRA 4.0 overview ; VRA 4.0 record examples
Metadata interoperability, shareability, and quality : Interoperability ; Short- and long-term metadata viability ; Metadata sharing, harvesting, and aggregating ; OAI metadata harvesting ; Metadata mapping and crosswalks ; Metadata conversion and processing ; Example of metadata harvesting, processing, and aggregating ; Good quality and shareable metadata ; Assessing metadata quality ; Five ways to improve your metadata quality and interoperability
Designing and documenting a metadata scheme : Metadata scheme design and documentation : Introduction; Analyze context, content, and users and determine functional requirements; Select and develop an element set : General / cross-collection metadata scheme design; Collection-specific metadata scheme design; Factors in choice of metadata element set ; Establish element and database specifications; Establish controlled vocabularies and encoding schemes; Develop content guidelines; Document the scheme ; Metadata design examples : General application profile examples : Collaborative digitization program Dublin Core metadata documentation; OhioLINK Dublin Core metadata documentation; Indiana Memory Dublin Core metadata documentation; DLF/Aquifer MODS metadata documentation ; Collection-specific application profile examples : University of Washington's architecture collection metadata documentation; University of Washington's musical instruments collection metadata documentation; University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee's transportation collection metadata documentation; CONTENTdm examples
Metadata, linked data, and the semantic web : What are linked data and the semantic web and why care about them? ; Linked open data and the resource description framework : Statements, properties, values, and RDF triples; URIs: uniform resource identifiers; Literals, strings, and things; The power of linking and querying in the linked data cloud; RDF/XML ; Linked data and digital collections ; Dublin Core: from a core metadata element set for the web to a core vocabulary for linked data : The DCMI abstract model (DCAM); Dublin Core application profiles ; Metadata registries ; What does all of this have to do with me?

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