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Metadata 101Metadata 101
Sandy McIntyre Colby
SOASIS- Dayton
2000-11-30
Sandy McIntyre Colby
SOASIS- Dayton
2000-11-30
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OutlineOutline
Environment Scan
Metadata Basics
Dublin Core 101
Selected Standards
Discussion & Questions
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Environment Scan
Environment Scan
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How big?How big?
7.1 million unique web sites, a 50 percent increase over the previous year's total of 4.7 million
41 percent of the Web, or about 2.9 million sites are Private– “OCLC Researchers Measure the World Wide Web” Oct. 16, 2000
(http://www.oclc.org/oclc/press/20001016a.htm)
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MetadataMetadata
Known items vs. a topic – Data about data– Or: Structured Data about data
Structure – Lots of communities do metadata
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Metadata basics
Metadata basics
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MetadataMetadata
What is “metadata”?– Data about data– Or: Structured Data about data
Sound familiar?– Lots of communities do metadata
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Why metadata?Why metadata?
Improves discovery
Enables retrieval
Supports administration
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DiscoveryDiscovery
Navigating large collections is challenging!
Used to build databases to answer key what, who, where, when questions like:– What exists on a topic, in a genre, by an author, for a specific
audience, published in a given year?
Brings out content, value, relationships that are not expressed in the resource
Supports fast, arm’s-length evaluation of resources to optimize retrieval, save users’ time
Is often used to “market” resources to users – Catalogs / directories / search engines– Selective Dissemination of Information (SDI))
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RetrievalRetrieval Identifiers that assist manual and automated
systems in retrieval– Shelf location for physical resource– File location for electronic resource
System requirements for e-resources– User’s system responds to file type with correct application
Captures rights and privileges information– Circulation– Document delivery– Interlibrary loan
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So what’s the big fuss?So what’s the big fuss? The Web is large and growing quickly
Many producers, many users on the Web
Navigating networked resources is difficult
Good description = – better access– better control
Control and access = big business
Convergence of interests = collaboration in building standards (interoperability)
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Types of metadata
Descriptive
Structural
Administrative1111
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Title = Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
File type = jpg
Rights holder = NGDB
Concepts to know:Concepts to know:
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Concepts to know (cont.):Concepts to know (cont.):
Semantics – What’s in a name?
Syntax – We gots grammar
Interoperability – Sharing...
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Concepts to know (cont.):Concepts to know (cont.):
Metadata objects can be:
– Embedded in the resource
– Separate from the resource
– Both embedded and separate
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Dublin Core101
Dublin Core101
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“Dublin Core”“Dublin Core”
Common name for the Dublin Core Metadata Element Set (DCMES)
DCMES is a – a common core of semantics for resource description– it appears to be very useful in facilitating:
• retrieval of described resources
• as a lingua franca for the exchange of resource descriptions
DCMES is maintained by the Dublin Core Metadata Initiative (DCMI) hosted by OCLC
purl.org/dcpurl.org/dc
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International in ScopeInternational in Scope
Purl.oclc.org/dc/project/index.htmPurl.oclc.org/dc/project/index.htm
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Dublin Core Metadata Element Set (DCMES)Dublin Core Metadata Element Set (DCMES)
A set 15 elements designed to enhance discovery and retrieval of resources
Goals of DCMES:• Simplicity of creation and maintenance
• Commonly understood semantics
• Conformance to existing and emerging standards
• International scope and applicability
• Extensibility
• Interoperability among collections and indexing systems
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“Rules” for DCMES“Rules” for DCMES
DCMES is extensible:– Additional elements, schemes, qualifiers may be defined and
used in conjunction with DCMES– DCMES may be modified by DCMI to add more elements,
schemes, qualifiers over time
Approved elements, schemes qualifiers may only be used with appropriate elements
All elements, qualifiers, schemes are optional
All elements, qualifiers, schemes are repeatable
DCMES special practice may be defined by individuals, agencies, communities
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Dublin Core Metadata Element Set (DCMES) (cont.)Dublin Core Metadata Element Set (DCMES) (cont.)
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Selected StandardsSelected
Standards
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Selected metadata standardsSelected metadata standards
ISBD (AACR2 / MARC)
Text Encoding Initiative (TEI) headers
Encoded Archival Description (EAD)
VRA Core Categories (VRA CC)
Global Information Locator Service (GILS)
Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata (CSDGM, formerly FGDC)
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Metadata transport standardsMetadata transport standards MARC (MAchine Readable Cataloging)
SGML (Standard Generalized Markup Language)– HTML (Hypertext Markup Language)– XML (Extensible Markup Language)
RDF (Resource Description Framework)
Character encoding– MARC 21 repertoire– Unicode
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Character EncodingCharacter Encoding
Many standards available
Of critical importance to be sure that systems correctly process, index, display textual data
MARC 21 uses various ISO standards plus EACC, etc.
Global standard gaining acceptance: Unicode
http://www.unicode.org/http://www.unicode.org/
http://lcweb.loc.gov/marc/specifications/speccharintro.htmlhttp://lcweb.loc.gov/marc/specifications/speccharintro.html
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Who uses metadata?Who uses metadata?
Elementary students
Publishers, authors, institutions
Librarians Reference/Catalogers
International in scope
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Elementary studentsElementary students
Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 51(2): 193-201, 2000: 193- 201.Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 51(2): 193-201, 2000: 193- 201.
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Publishers, authorsPublishers, authors
Crossref- Ovid
The Association of American Publishers and Andersen Consulting recommended E-Book metadata standards
Implement a document-identification scheme worldwide
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WebmastersWebmasters
http://www.fortune.com/fortune/technology/alsop/0,5238,88063,00.htmlhttp://www.fortune.com/fortune/technology/alsop/0,5238,88063,00.html
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LibrariansLibrarians
Librarians– Reference, catalogers
Corporate, academic, government
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AcademiaAcademia
40,000+ images215,000+ recordsare in this system
40,000+ images215,000+ recordsare in this system
U. of Michigan's media image services (a search system based on Dublin Core elements)
U. of Michigan's media image services (a search system based on Dublin Core elements)
http://www.images.umdl.umich.eduhttp://www.images.umdl.umich.edu
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Applying Dublin CoreApplying Dublin Core
Acquisitions– Often mandated (law or management)
Determine metadata set
Controlled vocabulary
Template (tools)
Indexing
Prototype
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CORCCORC
Discovery, harvesting, template, automated HTML
Internal publishing
Leaflets (web resources that end unto themselves)
Global standard gaining acceptance: Unicode
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Additional links: Web Characterization:
– Statistics, publications, related links (http://wcp.oclc.org/)
Cataloging & Metadata Resources: – Metadata (http://slis.cua.edu/ihy/catmeta.htm#D2)
Open Archives Initiative:– (http://www.openarchives.org)
Dublin Core Metadata Initiative– Home page (purl.org/DC)
Dublin Core Library Interest Group mailing list: – http://www.mailbase.ac.uk/lists/dc-libraries/
IFLA -- Digital Libraries: Metadata Resources– http://www.ifla.org/II/metadata.htm