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Metadata for Electronic Resources
Metadata, information which describes other information, is essential
for both the discovery of information resources and their use. Their are
a variety of standards for the electronic encoding of metadata, including
the USMARC standard for bibliographic data, the Encoded Archival Description
format for archival finding aids, the TEI Header for electronic scholarly
textual works, the Dublin Core Metadata set, and others. The following
links provide some general introduction to metadata issues as well as
more detailed information on particular standards that might be useful
to those creating works in the Studio.
- Introduction
to Metadata: Pathways to Digital Information, Getty Information Institute
Extensive discussion of metadata and its importance, plus crosswalks
between important metadata standards, including Dublin Core/EAD, USMARC/EAD,
and ISAD(G)/EAD.
- TEI
Header and the Cataloging Rules: CC:DA Final Report
An evaluation of the TEI Header as a source for cataloging data,
including the University of Virginia's TEI/AACR/MARC crosswalk.
- Dublin Core Metadata
Initiative
The Dublin Core Metadata Initiative provides a standardized, simple
set of metadata descriptors intended to facilitate the discovery of
electronic resources. While it some ways a least common denominator
of metadata, its simplicity allows it to be used in a variety of settings
and without the extensive training required to deal with other metadata
standards such as EAD or USMARC.
- Dublin Core/MARC
Crosswalk
A crosswalk between the Dublin Core Metadata set and the MARC standard,
provided by the Library of Congress Network Development and MARC Standards
Office
Encoded Archival Description (EAD)
Metadata Encoding and Transmission Standard (METS)
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