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Using Multiple Metadata Formats in DSpace

Using Multiple Metadata Formats in DSpace. ARD Prasad Indian Statistical Institute Bangalore, India. Covers all types of documents (more than 1000 elements) Basically used for OPACs Plethora of MARCs Requires librarians Uses ISO-2709, XML. Separate schemes for each type of document

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Using Multiple Metadata Formats in DSpace

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  1. Using Multiple Metadata Formats in DSpace ARD Prasad Indian Statistical Institute Bangalore, India

  2. Covers all types of documents (more than 1000 elements) Basically used for OPACs Plethora of MARCs Requires librarians Uses ISO-2709, XML Separate schemes for each type of document Web documents, digital libraries Plethora of meta data formats Meant for non-librarians Uses XML MARC & Metadata

  3. Metadata Formats • More than two dozen formats available for every conceivable digital object • ETD • E-Learning • E-Governance • Geo-Spatial Data • Architectural Drawings • Museum items

  4. DC METS MODS VRA Core SCORM LOM GEM EAD TEI CIMI PB Core VRA Core IMRC CDWA CSD GM MIDAS VERS DDI PREMIS CIDOC ETDMS AGLS GILS ONIX List of Some Metadata Formats

  5. DSpace • Default workflow supports Qualified Dublin Core • DSpace OAI supports unqualified Dublin Core • DSpace v. 1.2.2 allows you to extend to Non-DC formats

  6. Metadata Issues in DSpace • Adding New Elements • Input Forms • Indexing • Display of search results • Import/Export • OAI-PMH and crosswalks

  7. Adding New Elements • Dublin Core Registry using DSpace administration • Directly adding to ‘dctyperegistry’ table in PostgreSQL

  8. Input Workflow • Using the new facility by modifying • $DSPACE_HOME/config/inputforms.xml

  9. Indexing • Adding the elements to be indexed in dspace.cfg file, so that Lucene generates indexes on desired elements

  10. Search Result Display • Display full record need not be modified • Default display can be changed by modifying ItemTag.Java file

  11. Import & Export • Within DSpace community, it really does not matter, though DSpace produces DC-like format in a file called dublin_core.xml file • However, across other DL software, we should evolve interoperability mechanism

  12. OAI-PMH • New format should appear in OAICat.properties file • Java programs should be written similar to that of OAIDCCrosswalk.java, for each metadata format

  13. Issues of Crosswalk • Crosswalk will always result in some data loss • One should use ‘selective harvesting by collection’, using appropriate • ‘metadataPrefix’ verb and • ‘set’ verb for limiting the collection • One may consider DC as the lowest common denominator

  14. Possible relations between two metadata formats • Crosswalk can be achieved, in case of • One to one – ideal, but not real • Many to one • Crosswalk will be lossy, in case of • One to many • One to none • None to one

  15. Suggestions for DSpace Development • Inputforms.xml can be modular, so that inputforms can be defined in separate files for each format • Dctyperegistry should have an element ‘metadata format’ so that OAICat exposes metadata of records which were created using a specific format • Perhaps OAI-PMH protocol itself requires modification (Imagine harvesting repositories with varied items and metadata formats)

  16. Thank You Please visit: • LDL: Librarians’ Digital Library • https://drtc.isibang.ac.in • SDL: Search Digital Libraries (Harvester) • http://drtc.isibang.ac.in/sdl • Our Discussion Forum (DLRG) • http://drtc.isibang.ac.in/dlrg

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