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Pan-European Pan-European metadata for cultural metadata for cultural

contentcontent ePSIplus Thematic MeetingePSIplus Thematic Meeting

Madrid, 12 September 2008Madrid, 12 September 2008

Rob DaviesRob Davies

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““For the users it is not For the users it is not important whether the important whether the sources of knowledge and sources of knowledge and experience are kept by experience are kept by archives, libraries or archives, libraries or museums, but to get museums, but to get access to the sources they access to the sources they want, and to be able to use want, and to be able to use these sources across types these sources across types of sources and sectors of of sources and sectors of institutions.” institutions.”

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Digital Libraries Initiative Digital Libraries Initiative (DLI)(DLI)

http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/activities/digital_librarhttp://ec.europa.eu/information_society/activities/digital_libraries/index_en.htmies/index_en.htm

Flagship project of i2010Flagship project of i2010 Single European Information Space for an open and Single European Information Space for an open and

competitive internal market for servicescompetitive internal market for services

Letter by six Heads of State and Government to the European Letter by six Heads of State and Government to the European Commission (2005)Commission (2005) Advocated creation of a virtual European libraryAdvocated creation of a virtual European library Aiming to make Europe’s cultural and scientific records Aiming to make Europe’s cultural and scientific records

accessible to allaccessible to all

Positive response from the CommissionPositive response from the Commission Outline strategy: Communication "i2010: Digital Libraries" Outline strategy: Communication "i2010: Digital Libraries" Communication on ‘access to scientific information in the Communication on ‘access to scientific information in the

digital age’ (2007)digital age’ (2007)

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Focus of the DLIFocus of the DLI

Make Europe's rich and diverse cultural and scientific heritage Make Europe's rich and diverse cultural and scientific heritage easier and more interesting to use online easier and more interesting to use online for work, leisure and/or studyfor work, leisure and/or study books, films, maps, photographs, music, etcbooks, films, maps, photographs, music, etc

Combine multicultural and multilingual environments with Combine multicultural and multilingual environments with technological advances and new business models technological advances and new business models

Two strands:Two strands: Cultural heritage:Cultural heritage:

build a common European Digital Library build a common European Digital Library Scientific heritageScientific heritage: :

ensure current and future access for research and innovation ensure current and future access for research and innovation purposes .purposes .

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The European LibraryThe European Library(TEL)(TEL)

http://www.theeuropeanlibrary.org/portal/index.htmlhttp://www.theeuropeanlibrary.org/portal/index.html

Collaborative platform and web service of 48 CENL national librariesCollaborative platform and web service of 48 CENL national libraries

Managed by Managed by The European Library Office, Royal Library of The The European Library Office, Royal Library of The NetherlandsNetherlands Free searching, object level, standardised metadat, multilingual Free searching, object level, standardised metadat, multilingual

accessaccess

Sequence of projectsSequence of projects TELTEL TEL-ME-MOR (2005-2007)TEL-ME-MOR (2005-2007) EDL project (2006-2008) EDL project (2006-2008) TELplus (2007-2009) TELplus (2007-2009) Each bringing in more national libraries and advancing Each bringing in more national libraries and advancing

technicallytechnically

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A structure for EDL?

EDL

National Digital Library

ACE

Film Archive X

Eurbica National Archive 1

MICHAEL

TEL

NL 1 NL 2 NL 3

Museum X

Archive X

National Archive 2

Film Archive 1

Film Archive 2

Film Archive 3

National Archive 3

Library X

Museum A Archive A Library A

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Thematic NetworkThematic Network

Establish trust between the institutionsEstablish trust between the institutions Create the organisational structure for a European Digital Library Create the organisational structure for a European Digital Library

(Europeana)(Europeana)

Tackle domain interoperability issues (standards)Tackle domain interoperability issues (standards)

Propose a practical implementation of the European Digital LibraryPropose a practical implementation of the European Digital Library

Item or object levelItem or object level

Make recommendations for future researchMake recommendations for future research

Europeana.Net (2007-9)Europeana.Net (2007-9)

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EuropeanaLocal (2008-11)EuropeanaLocal (2008-11)www.europeanalocal.euwww.europeanalocal.eu

Digital content held by Digital content held by regional and local museums, libraries and regional and local museums, libraries and

archivesarchives Make over 20 million items available initiallyMake over 20 million items available initially

Local content infrastructure for Local content infrastructure for harvestingharvesting and indexing by and indexing by Europeana and other services Europeana and other services

Establish easy processes for making content availableEstablish easy processes for making content available OAI-PMH repositoriesOAI-PMH repositories Europe wide network of repositories/ aggregations Europe wide network of repositories/ aggregations Map to Europeana Metadata Application ProfileMap to Europeana Metadata Application Profile Local vocabularies ‘skosified’ Local vocabularies ‘skosified’

Content become part of integrated Europeana serviceContent become part of integrated Europeana service

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Other eContentplus projects Other eContentplus projects supporting Europeanasupporting Europeana

ATHENA (museums)ATHENA (museums) European Film GatewayEuropean Film Gateway ARROW (public domain database)ARROW (public domain database) APENet (national archives)APENet (national archives) And now…….Europeana V1, EuropeanaConnects etcAnd now…….Europeana V1, EuropeanaConnects etc

After eContentplus …CIP Policy Support ProgammeAfter eContentplus …CIP Policy Support Progamme Pilot actionsPilot actions January 2009 callJanuary 2009 call 100 million EUR100 million EUR Will include PSI?Will include PSI?

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Europeana content holdersEuropeana content holders

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Open Archive InitiativeOpen Archive Initiative

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Metadata enrichmentMetadata enrichment

Mainly manually entered but also process text to look for person names

Similar technology as is applied by search engines, extracting keywords and assigning relevance according to frequency

Coverage is specified in any number of ways such as geographical names, administrative entities and coordinates. Need geo-metadata

Difficult to get disambiguous temporal metadata but possible

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Europeana Semantic Elements Europeana Semantic Elements (ESE)(ESE)

Prototype launched to European Commission, Council of Ministers, Prototype launched to European Commission, Council of Ministers, 19/20 November19/20 November

Metadata defined to match specific functionality of prototype Metadata defined to match specific functionality of prototype used for indexing, displayused for indexing, display who, what, where, whenwho, what, where, when advanced searchadvanced search facets search refinementfacets search refinement timeline browsetimeline browse full search results displayfull search results display browsing by format type (text, stiil image, moving image, sound)browsing by format type (text, stiil image, moving image, sound) Full text searchFull text search

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Europeana prototype metadataEuropeana prototype metadata

No Europeana application profile proposed yetNo Europeana application profile proposed yet

Data used with existing schemas Data used with existing schemas

So far received in So far received in TEL application profileTEL application profile DC (simple, qualified) DC (simple, qualified) MODSMODS METSMETS EADEAD proprietary proprietary

Mapping and conversion done in-house at EuropeanaMapping and conversion done in-house at Europeana

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ESE…ESE…

Mixture of simple DC plus some qualifiers + 2 new elementsMixture of simple DC plus some qualifiers + 2 new elements ‘‘Shown by’ (ie URI)Shown by’ (ie URI) ‘‘Shown at’a way of showing object in full context (needed e.g. for Shown at’a way of showing object in full context (needed e.g. for

archives, ‘treasures’ which may be embedded not just jpeg) archives, ‘treasures’ which may be embedded not just jpeg)

MandatoryMandatory Shown by (URI of link to digital object)Shown by (URI of link to digital object) Source (holder of object)Source (holder of object) Date Date Identifier of the original objectIdentifier of the original object

’’User tag’: public tags created by registered usersUser tag’: public tags created by registered users

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Future stepsFuture steps

Europeana VI (new project) delivers first release early 2010Europeana VI (new project) delivers first release early 2010

Institutions/aggregators use ESE v2 till then Institutions/aggregators use ESE v2 till then

Interest in object models for Europeana V1Interest in object models for Europeana V1 Complex objects – ORE – needs pure metadata Complex objects – ORE – needs pure metadata SurrogatesSurrogates AbstractionsAbstractions Landing pageLanding page Data may need to be reindexed by EuropeanaData may need to be reindexed by Europeana

Scalability requires machine transformation either at local Scalability requires machine transformation either at local aggregator or central levelaggregator or central level

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ContactContact

rob.davies@mdrpartners comrob.davies@mdrpartners com