Proceedings of the International Conference on Dublin Core and Metadata Applications (DCMI)
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LD4PE: A Competency-Based Framework for DCMI's Professional Education and Training Agenda
No full textThe Linked Data for Professional Education (LD4PE) project described in this poster is funded by the U.S. Institute for Museum and Library Services (IMLS) and intended to develop an "Exploratorium" referatory for Linked Data learning resources descriptions that map the resources to a competency index. Development of the competency index and the supporting infrastructure including metadata editors are aspects of the project. The poster describes the initial stages of the project's technical architecture development and the conceptual basis and the conceptual design of the competency index as Linked Data
Metadata for Models Generated by OpenModeller
No full textThis poster proposes the use of a Dublin Core metadata standard to present and make available the models generated by the species distribution modeling tool openModeller, in order to facilitate interoperability of the data generated by tool itself or other modeling tools. One of the problems of the other current tools of species distribution modeling is that they generate models with their bespoke standards that mean the models cannot be used in other tools. Among the existing tools for species distribution modeling, openModeller stands out with some advantages over other species distribution modeling tools because it allows different formats for data input of occurrence of species, environmental data and parameters for the algorithms thus supporting users and users group in reach your goals without needing to know different platforms and modeling tools
Language-Acquisition Inspired Sustainability Modeling for Application Profiles
No full textThe ongoing accessibility of digital material is challenged by the constantly changing environment in which it exists. In particular, application profiles are threatened by a number of factors such as loss of context, social change and linguistic change. In this paper, we draw on observations taken from a number of application domains to build simple mathematical models for community growth and change, to explore the impact of community structure on the sustainability model required for application profiles over time. Finally, we discuss the use of similar models in evaluating application profile sustainability in general, and lessons to be drawn for DCMI
A DCAP for the Social and Solidarity Economy
No full textThis article presents a work-in-progress version of a Dublin Core Application Profile (DCAP) developed to serve the Social and Solidarity Economy (SSE). Studies revealed that this community is interested in implementing both internal interoperability between their Web platforms to build a global SSE e-marketplace, and external interoperability among their Web platforms and external ones. The Dublin Core Application Profile for Social and Solidarity Economy (DCAP-SSE) serves this purpose. SSE organisations are submerged in the market economy but they have specificities not taken into account in this economy. The DCAP-SSE integrates terms from well-known metadata schemas, Resource Description Framework (RDF) vocabularies or ontologies, in order to enhance interoperability and take advantage of the benefits of the Linked Open Data ecosystem. It also integrates terms from the new essglobal RDF vocabulary which was created with the goal to respond to the SSE-specific needs. The DCAP-SSE also integrates five new Vocabulary Encoding Schemes to be used with DCAP-SSE properties. The DCAP development was based on a method for the development of application profiles (Me4MAP). We believe that this article has an educational value since it presents the idea that it is important to base DCAP developments on a method. This article shows the main results of applying such a method
Exposing Library Holdings Metadata in RDF Using Schema.org Semantics
No full textLibraries have been busy transforming and publishing their data as linked open data by testing already existing semantics and developing new sets of semantics. So far, most of the efforts have focused on the bibliographic data, not the holdings and item related data that are unique to individual libraries and that help users access the information resources they need. The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library experimented with a subset of its bibliographic records (5.4 million) and associated holdings data to examine options and best practices so far identified for expressing library holdings data using schema.org semantics. The experimentation suggests that the mappings for holdings data recommended by the BibExtend Community Group are in some ways incomplete and that some proposed uses of schema.org types and properties to describe library holdings go beyond current schema.org definitions. Existing schema.org enumerations should be extended (e.g., regarding availability) to better describe library use cases, and some extensions to schema.org are needed to fully describe library holdings data and to maximize their utility. This paper highlights issues, suggests potential extensions identified during the transformation to schema.org semantics, and discusses options to make essential library holdings data fully visible as linked open data
Dublin Core and CIDOC CRM Harmonization
No full textIn order to integrate information from heterogeneous sources, ontologies as semantic technologies is a recommend solution. "An ontology is a description (like a formal specification of a program) of the concepts and relationships that can formally exist for an agent or a community of agents". CIDOC Conceptual Reference Model (CRM) is a very prominent ontology used for such purposes. As semantics mappings can be a solution for information integration and Dublin Core is the most prominent metadata used to describe web resources, we propose a harmonization between Dublin Core and CRM ontology. In this poster. the CRM is used as the mediated schema to integrate Cultural Heritage metadata sources
Introductions and Committees
No full textPreliminary pages including introductory comments, Program Committee listing and table of contents
BEAM Repository: A Proposal for Family and Personal Repository
No full textPreservation of cultural heritage has been widely discussed in the last decades. Different groups of people contribute to the production and preservation of cultural heritage through personal and family performance. However, there is a lack of environments specifically prepared to store and organize the resources produced by these groups, resulting in difficulties to access and preserve these materials along the time. The hypothesis is that the digital repository and the structured metadata standards are relevant tools to provide the suitable environment to store, describe, access and preserve family and personal resources. The study herein has a theoretical and applied basis, for it aims to investigate and confirm the hypothesis using theories and applying them. It aims at demonstrating that the digital repositories are relevant for the storage, description, access and preservation of personal and family information. During implementation of the digital repository, DSpace software and Dublin Core standard were used. As a result, the implemented repository showed itself as a viable alternative for storing this information. It is possible to conclude that such a digital repository constitutes a tool that guarantees the preservation, access and sharing of archives, resources and data produced by families and individuals in the digital environment
The Use of Application Profiles and Metadata Schemas by Digital Repositories: Findings from a Survey
No full textShows the results of a survey by questionnaire sent to the managers of 2,165 digital repositories registered at the OpenDoar. Its purpose was to identify the existence and the use of application profiles and related metadata schemas. Of this total, 431 questionnaires were filled. The survey enabled the identification of profiles, as well as schemas and metadata elements used for these repositories. According to the results the number of repositories that use or provide application profiles is very low. The Dublin Core remains as the most commonly used metadata schema, followed by the MARC 21, METS and MODS. The dataset that resulted from the survey is openly available at RepositórioUM, the institutional repository of the University of Minho
Exploratory Analysis of Metadata Edit Events in the UNT Libraries' Digital Collections
Get PDFThis paper presents the results of an exploratory analysis of edit events performed on records in the University of North Texas Libraries’ Digital Collections during calendar year 2014. By comparing the amount of time that editors worked on records for certain item types and collections, we were able to isolate different categories of activities (“creating” vs. “editing”) and to generalize rough benchmarks for expected editing durations depending on project criteria