Proceedings of the International Conference on Dublin Core and Metadata Applications (DCMI)
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Using Dublin Core to Build a Common Data Architecture
Get PDFThe corporate world is drowning in disparate data. Data elements, field names, column names, row names, labels, metatags, etc. seem to reproduce at whim. Librarians have been battling data disparity for over a century with tools like controlled vocabularies and classification schemes. Data Administrators have been waging their own war using data dictionaries and naming conventions. Both camps have had limited success. A common data architecture bridges the gap between the worlds of tabular (structured) and nontabular (unstructured) data to provide a total solution and clear understanding of all data. Using the Dublin Core Metadata Element Set Version 1.1 and its Information Resource concept as building blocks, the Rohm and Haas Company Knowledge Center has created a common data architecture for use in the implementation of an electronic document management system (EDMS). This platform independent framework, when fully implemented, will provide the ability to create specific subsets of enterprise data on demand, enable interoperability with other internal or external systems, and reduce cycle time when migrating to the next generation tool
Learning how to Learn: Using the Dublin Core Metadata Element Set to Support Teachers as Researchers
No full textMetadata in the Context of The European Library Project
No full textThe European Library Project (TEL), sponsored by the European Commission, brings together 10 major European national libraries and library organisations to investigate the technical and policy issues involved in sharing digital resources. The objective of TEL is to set up a co-operative framework which will lead to a system for access to the major national and deposit collections in European national libraries. The scope of the project encompasses publisher relations and business models but this paper focuses on aspects of the more technical work in metadata development and the interoperability testbeds. The use of distributed Z39.50 searching in conjunction with HTTP/XML search functionality based on OAI protocol harvesting is outlined. The metadata development activity, which will result in a TEL application profile based on the Dublin Core Library Application Profile together with collection level description, is discussed. The concept of a metadata registry to allow the controlled evolution of the application profile to be inclusive of other cultural heritage institutions is also introduced
Design of a Federation Service for Digital Libraries: the Case of Historical Archives in the PORTA EUROPA Portal (PEP) Pilot Project
No full textAccess to distributed and heterogeneous Internet resources is coming up as one of the major problem for future development of the next generation of Digital Libraries. Available data sources vary in terms of data representation and access interfaces, therefore a system for federating heterogeneous resources accessible via the Web is considered to be a crucial aspect in digital libraries research and development. Libraries as well as institutions and enterprises are struggling to find solutions that can offer the final user an easy and automatic way to rapidly find relevant needed resources among heterogeneous ones.
Our project starts from the recent results of Dublin Core Metadata Initiative (DCMI) and in particular from the Dublin Core Recommendations (DCMIR). This paper reports our analysis of three different digital historical archives maintained by the European University Institute (EUI) in Florence and its mapping using a common Meta Resource Card based on Dublin Core Elements (DCMES). This situation requires careful consideration of interoperability issues related to uniform naming, metadata formats, document models and access protocols for the different data sources.
We also present our Porta Europa Portal (PEP) federated architecture that will support an XML Dublin Core implementation and in our aim should be easily open to RDF future support. The PEP pilot project specialised portal should provide high quality information, selected according to the criteria of originality, accuracy, credibility together with the cultural and political pluralism derived from the EUI’s profile. The information in Porta Europa will be relevant, reliable, searchable and retrievable
A Proposal for a Flexible Validation Method for Exchange of Metadata between Heterogeneous Systems by Using the Concept of MicroSchema
No full textA lot of work has been done in the field of metadata exchange. Particularly initiatives like Dublin Core, Open Archive Initiative and work with Learning Object Metadata (LOM). To demonstrate and test the concept of MicroSchema a new flexible XML-model
for exchange of research documentation in Current Research Information Systems (CRIS) has been developed and proposed. A working XML-exchange model for metadata exchange between different CRIS and between with library systems and CRIS have been tested
An Online Knowledge Gateway for Industrial Design Education and Research Activities
No full textThis poster presents the development of DesignNet, a knowledge-based project to the online digital display, retrieval and archiving of rich media resources for industrial design education and research. The project addresses the needs of end-users (teachers and students) and content providers interacting with the School of Design of the Politecnico di Milano
Integrating Learning Objects into Learning Contexts
No full textThe paper describes learning objects in the context of a learning process. It examines options of integrating learning objects into context and supporting the integration with learning activities. The paper then examines the technology needed to support the creation and utilization of learning objects. It suggests customizable portals as the solution. It then illustrates an application to teaching
Invited Paper: Effective Retrieval of Educational Resources by Using Learning Object Metadata for K-12 Schools in Japan
No full textWe have customized learning object metadata (LOM) for educational resources on the basis of the LOM investigated by IEEE and IMS, in order to make it consistent with Japanese K-12 school education. Since
many specifications for the metadata are included in the customized LOM, we extracted necessary metadata especially for taking into account the retrieval of educational resources in schools. The extracted LOM has been installed with more than 13,000 educational resources individually. These resources have been registered in the search engine we developed using the LOM and are now available on the Internet as a first trial for applying the LOM. Using the LOM in the search engine makes it easy for teachers and students to find appropriate resources for their learning needs
ISI's Implementation of Network Resources in Secondary Databases: Selection Criteria, Metadata, and Linking
No full textThe importance of information resources on the Internet is growing rapidly. In the academic field, the latest information is communicated over the Internet. In this article, it is discussed how one should select scholarly web sites as content for secondary databases, how the bibliographic information in databases should be described, and how links between electronic information should be created
A Dublin Core Application Profile in the Agricultural Domain
No full textThis report outlines a proposed metadata framework for resource discovery of agricultural resources, and in particular to describe information resources in agricultural sciences. The overall work is the result of a collaborative effort between a number of partners in the agricultural community and the Library and Documentation Systems Division of FAO. The endeavour is formally referred to as the "Agricultural Metadata Standards Initiative" (Agstandards). It is based upon the elements and qualifiers proposed by the Dublin Core Metadata Initiative (DCMI)