List of Illustrations
Preface
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1. Introduction to Metadata for Digital Collections
1.1. What Is Metadata?
1.2. What Is a Digital Collection?
1.3. What Does Metadata Do?
1.4. Types of Metadata
1.5. Metadata Standards
1.6. Creating a Digital Collection
1.7. Metadata for Digital Collections
1.8. Summary
References
Chapter 2. Introduction to Resource Description
2.1. Resource Description
2.2. Local Versus Standard, Shareable Element Sets
2.3. Describing Digital Versus Original Objects
2.4. Descriptive versus Administrative Metadata
2.5. Metadata as Data for Machine Processing
2.6. Metadata Elements Commonly Needed for Digital Collection Resource Description
2.7. Summary
References
Chapter 3. Dublin Core Metadata
3.1. Introduction to Dublin Core Metadata Elements
3.2. Simple (Unqualified) Dublin Core
3.3. Qualified Dublin Core
3.4. Creation and Use of Dublin Core Metadata
3.5. DCMI Metadata Terms
3.6. Summary
References
Chapter 4. Resource Description: Identification and Responsibility
4.1. Basic Resource Identification Elements
4.2. Name, Responsibility, and Intellectual Property Elements
4.3. Summary
References
Chapter 5. Resource Description: Content and Relationships
5.1. Resource Content and Carrier Elements
5.2. Subject Content Elements
5.3. Resource Relationship Elements
5.4. Summary
References
Chapter 6. Controlled Vocabularies for Improved Resource Discovery
6.1. Improving Resource Discovery
6.2. Types of Controlled Vocabularies
6.3. Using Established Vocabularies
6.4. Creating Your Own Vocabularies
6.5. Controlled Vocabularies as Linked Data
6.6. Summary
References
Chapter 7. XML-Encoded Metadata
7.1. XML Metadata Basics
7.2. XML Metadata Record Examples
7.3. Anatomy of an XML Metadata Record
7.4. Summary
References
Chapter 8. MODS: The Metadata Object Description Schema
8.1. Introduction and Overview
8.2. MODS Elements: An Overview with Examples
8.3. MODS Records
8.4. Mapping from Dublin Core to MODS
8.5. Summary
References
Chapter 9. VRA Core: The Visual Resources Association Core Categories
9.1. Introduction to Metadata for Objects of Visual Culture
9.2. VRA Core
9.3. Summary
References
Chapter 10. Metadata Interoperability, Shareability, and Quality
10.1. Interoperability
10.2. Short- and Long-Term Metadata Viability
10.3. Metadata Sharing, Harvesting, and Aggregating
10.4. OAI Metadata Harvesting
10.5. Metadata Mapping and Crosswalks
10.6. Metadata Conversion and Processing
10.7. Example of Metadata Harvesting, Processing, and Aggregating
10.8. Good-Quality and Sharable Metadata
10.9. Identifying and Remediating Metadata Quality Problems
10.10. Five Ways to Improve Your Metadata Quality and Interoperability
10.11. Summary
References
Chapter 11: Linked Data and Ontologies
11.1. What Are Linked Data and the Semantic Web?
11.2. Linked Data and the Resource Description Framework
11.3. Linked Data in Action: The Web and Digital Collections
11.4. Ontologies: Models for Linked Data
11.5. Ontology Examples: DC, MODS, BIBFRAME, SKOS, Schema.org
11.6. Linked Data In Practice
11.7. Summary
References
Chapter 12. Metadata Application Profile Design
12.1. Metadata Application Profile Design and Documentation
12.2. Metadata Application Profile Examples
12.3. Summary
References
Appendix: Dublin Core, MODS, and VRA Element Mappings
Glossary
Acronym Glossary
Bibliography
About the Author
Index