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ETD Metadata

ETD Metadata. T. Hickey ETD 2006 U.S. Regional University of Missouri-St. Louis 27 October 2006. Creation to Delivery. Student creates PDF file(s) of thesis Enters PDF plus metadata into repository Repository makes PDF file available for indexing by Web search engines

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ETD Metadata

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  1. ETD Metadata T. Hickey ETD 2006 U.S. Regional University of Missouri-St. Louis 27 October 2006

  2. Creation to Delivery • Student creates PDF file(s) of thesis • Enters PDF plus metadata into repository • Repository makes • PDF file available for indexing by Web search engines • Metadata available for harvesting • Metadata moves • Into local library system • Into WorldCat • Harvested by NDLTD at OCLC • NDLTD catalog harvested by Web search engines • Web search engines harvest metadata • Users find metadata and indexes wherever they are • Thesis is just a click away

  3. Union Catalog • Harvest from 60+ collections • Total of 250,000+ records • 200,000 available in ETDMS, MARC-21 or both • Doubled over the last two years • Primarily for OAI-PMH access • Visible through Scirus, VTLS

  4. Repository Software • VT ETD-db • DSpace • VTLS VALET • WorldCat • EPrints • Session this afternoon

  5. Formats • ETD-MS • MARC-21 • XMetaDiss (German) • Metadata Core Set for ETDs (UK) • Thèses Électroniques Françaises

  6. ETD-MS • Based on Dublin Core • Standard needs some work • Has places for • Advisors • Referees • Committee members • Chairs • Degree • Degree level

  7. MARC-21 • Standard metadata format for libraries • Used for both electronic and paper theses • Moderately compatible with ETD-MS • Most complicated of the formats

  8. XMetaDiss • Used in Germany • Compatible with EDT-MS • Adds • Surname/forename for personal names • Date issued/accepted • Standard form of language (ISO 639-2) • Granting institution place and department • Standard classification based on DDC

  9. Metadata Core Set for ETDs • Developed in the UK • Extended Dublin Core • Adds • Advisor • Abstract • Subject.DDC, LCSH, MESH, UDC • Sponsor • Level • Date issued • References • File version • Extent

  10. TEF • Thèses Électroniques Françaises • Compatible with ETD-MS, UNIMARC • Covers • Descriptive metadata • Administrative metadata • Rights metadata • Preservation • Uses a METS wrapper around FRBR pieces

  11. Active Standardization Areas • Classification • Degree level • Rights

  12. Classification • Ongoing problem • Need for broad areas • Swedish: Ämneskategorier för vetenskapliga publikationer / Subject Categories for Scientific Publications • German set based on Dewey Decimal Classification • Both offer English versions • TEF says they will propose a list

  13. Degree Level • Undergraduate (diploma?), Masters, Doctoral, Postdoctoral • No standard codes

  14. Rights/Access control • Open vs. restricted • Commercial users especially interested in this

  15. Links • http://www.ndltd.org/ • http://www.ub.uu.se/epub/categories/index.cfm • http://www.ndltd.org/standards/metadata/current.html • http://www.greynet.org/images/GL7,_page_108.pdf • http://deposit.d-nb.de/xml-xsl/homepage/texte-neu-engl/xmetadiss_for_dc2004.pdf • http://alcme.oclc.org/ndltd/ • http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/ETD-db/developer/ • http://www.abes.fr/abes/documents/tef/index.html

  16. Thank you T. Hickey ETD 2006 U.S. Regional University of Missouri-St. Louis October 27, 2006

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