ENCompass Metadata Issues

Marty Kurth

David Ruddy

Tom Turner

ENCompass Can…

• Search across disparate collections

• Provide access to digital material

• Store and manage metadata in multiple formats

ENCompass Concepts

• Hierarchical method for arranging data and metadata– Collections– Containers– Objects

• Self-defined metadata structures• Reverse inheritance (“bubble-up”)• Cross-collection searching (mapping)• Collections versus repositories

Repositories vs Collections

• Repository – where the data and metadata is stored; the table space on the server

• Collection – the intellectual grouping/s of the data and metadata

• Each has a “manager” in the System Administration client

We Need To Define…

• The base metadata type– Repository – storage of metadata– Collection – cross-searching of collections

• Mappings (data relationships)

• Searching options (weights and types)

• Default displays in the results list