Proceedings of the International Conference on Dublin Core and Metadata Applications (DCMI)
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Leveraging the DDI Model for Linked Statistical Data in the Social, Behavioural, and Economic Sciences
No full textExperts from the statistical domain
worked in close collaboration with ontology engineers to develop an ontology of a subset
of the Data Documentation Initiative, an established international standard for the
documentation and management of data from the social, behavioral, and economic sciences.
Experts in the statistics domain formulated use cases which are seen as most significant
to solve frequent problems. Various benefits for the Linked Data and the statistics
community as well are connected with an RDF representation of the developed ontology. In
the main part of the paper, the DDI conceptual model as well as implementations are
explained in detail
Extracting Output Schemas from XSLT Stylesheets and Their Possible Applications
No full textXML is nowadays the dominant standard used for data
exchanging and representation. XML documents can be
transformed into different formats by using the transformation language XSLT. XSLT was
designed to present data and transform data in XML according to the output schema of the
used XSLT stylesheet. In this paper we describe how to compute automatically an output
schema given an XSLT stylesheet. The main objective of our work is to develop a tool
that contributes to a better understanding of the XML transformation process. The first
results of our prototype show that we can determine the output schemas of most common
XSLT stylesheets
A Domain Model for Describing and Accessing KOS Resources: Report of Processes in Developing a KOS Description Metadata Application Profile
No full textDue to the dynamic and complex characteristics of knowledge
organization systems (KOS), the need for a multi-layered model to present the complex
relationships among KOS resources is widely recognized. This paper reports on a
continuous effort to establish such a model. Prior to this paper, a general Dublin Core
Application Profile (DCAP) model was proposed using the FRBR (Functional Requirements
for Bibliographic Records) conceptual model as the foundation. The current study applies
the general DCAP model to KOS. It introduces a domain model that is suitable for
describing and accessing KOS resources and incorporates the core attributes that the
NKOS (Networked Knowledge Organization Systems) group has surveyed and summarized. The
domain model includes the entities, relationships between entities, and the core
attributes of the entities in the context of user tasks. The results reflect
access-related properties that are complementary to the previous research by NKOS group
members that focused on description-related metadata properties commonly found in KOS
registries
Authenticity Metadata and the IPAM: Progress toward the InterPARES Application Profile
No full textThe presumption of authenticity of records is predicated on
capturing information about the records' identity and integrity over the course of the
lifecycle. Extant metadata schemas do not capture the totality of this metadata required
by International Research on Permanent Authentic Records in Electronic Systems
(InterPARES). This paper presents research to date that addresses this need – the
functional requirements, domain model, and sample properties from the IPAM (InterPARES
Authenticity Metadata) schema
Conceptual framework of Metadata Schema development for a digitized Inscriptions Collection Management
No full textAn inscription is a cultural heritage that records archaeological
intellects and accounts of a nation such as history, language, medicine, etc. Although
inscriptions are the most reliable primary historical evidence, accessibility to, and
understanding of them are restricted due to their dispersion, their deteriorating
conditions, and the complications of the ancient language itself. Nevertheless,
digitalization is a possible means that enables users to acquire the bodies of knowledge
in inscriptions. At present, digitalization allows digital collection of metadata which
in turn explains inscribed digital data. Digitized inscription collection of metadata,
however, requires the development of metadata schema appropriate to the inscriptions’
physical characteristics and contents. It has to be in line with the usage behaviors,
requirements and expectations of the users. This article explains the concept in the
development of metadata schema for the management of digitized inscription collections
through literature review and presentation of the research conceptual
framework
Functional and Architectural Requirements for Metadata: Supporting Discovery and Management of Scientific Data
No full textThe tremendous growth in digital data has led to an increase in
metadata initiatives specific to different types of scientific data, as evident by
Ball's survey (2010). Although various communities have specific needs, there are shared
goals that need to be recognized if systems are to effectively support data sharing
within and across all domain. This paper considers this need, and defines systems
requirements that are essential for metadata supporting the discovery and management of
scientific data. The paper begins with an introduction, following by a review of
selected research specific to metadata modeling in the sciences. Next, the paper’s goals
are stated, following by the presentation of systems requirements are stated. The
results include a base-model with three chief principles: principle of least effort,
infrastructure service, and portability. The principles are intended to support "data
user" tasks. Results also include a set of defined user tasks and functions, and
applications scenarios
Better, Faster, Stronger: Building a Better Dublin Core Generator
No full textA number of different free online tools exist for turning user input into formatted Dublin Core code. The author, as part of his MLIS degree, used these various tools to assist with his coursework. While they were all useful to some degree, a number of issues were identified which limited their overall utility. Two separate tools ? one for basic Dublin Core and one for Qualified Dublin Core ? are now available at dublincoregenerator.com, The tools are free and made available under a Creative Commons license for users or institutions to freely copy and modify the tool and code as desired
Product Lifecycle Metadata Harmonization with the Future in OAIS Archives
No full textMetadata plays a crucial role in supporting the discovery, understanding and management of the large product data collections generated throughout all phases of the product lifecycle. Product data models are annotated with metadata which represent meaning in conformance with evolving metadata schemas while, for business, contractual and legal reasons, these semantically enriched models are ingested into OAIS (Open Archival Information System) based archives for later reuse. Notably, it is not uncommon for a product service provider to operate products for several decades; even after the engineers whose embodied knowledge supports their operation retire or leave the company. This product longevity and volatile knowledge, alongside rapid technological innovations and evolving metadata schemas, require that special preservation processes be used to keep the archived product data and metadata interpretable. While preservation of the data is concerned with product data model normalization, validation and file format migration, the preservation processes for metadata are of a different nature given that referenced schemas evolve independently from the products they describe. Although widely referenced, the OAIS reference model unfortunately does not observe metadata schema versioning or metadata harmonization in any depth. This paper therefore aims to introduce dedicated metadata preservation functionality into OAIS archives, based on operational schema update processing
Style Guidelines for Naming and Labeling Ontologies in the Multilingual Web
No full textIn the context of the Semantic Web, natural language descriptions associated with ontologies have proven to be of major importance not only to support ontology developers and adopters, but also to assist in tasks such as ontology mapping, information extraction, or natural language generation. In the state-of-the-art we find some attempts to provide guidelines for URI local names in English, and also some disagreement on the use of URIs for describing ontology elements. When trying to extrapolate these ideas to a multilingual scenario, some of these approaches fail to provide a valid solution. On the basis of some real experiences in the translation of ontologies from English into Spanish, we provide a preliminary set of guidelines for naming and labeling ontologies in a multilingual scenario
Meta-Bridge: A Development of Metadata Information Infrastructure in Japan
No full textThis report presents the metadata information infrastructure project funded by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, Japan. The goal of this project is to build a metadata schema registry to support sharing of metadata schemas on the Internet and promote reuse of metadata schemas and metadata interoperability. The registry is designed based on the Singapore Framework. Partners in this project include several major memory organizations, research institutions, and private sector entities in Japan. This project has collected several metadata schemas from the partners and converted them into the formal project schema based on RDF. This report first presents the background and goal of the project, and then the requirements and design of the registry system named Meta-Bridge