A Quick Intro to Descriptive Metadata

LIS 653

Starr Hoffman

An Introduction to Metadata

Metadata: “data about data”

Generic term for cataloging formats (MARC, Dublin Core, EAD, etc.)

Frequently means newer-generation formats

Can describe any kind of information object

How it All Fits Together

Record(representation of bibliographic

information)

Code (rules:

AACR2, RDA)

Encoding (MARC, XML)

Authority control (standardized author name: J. R. R. Tolkien)

Structure (ISBD, XML)

Subject headings (LCSH, Sears,

AAT)

Classification (shelving: LC,

Dewey)

Model (FRBR, trad.

model)

Record is displayed in an OPAC, online database, etc.

Format(MARC,

Dublin Core)

<Identifier>47809907 </Identifier> <Language>en</Language><Title>Club Kaycee</Title><Publisher>University of Missouri—Kansas City</Publisher><Date>1996</Date><Source>RCA LPV-511</Source><Format>Internet resource</Format><Description>Information about the jazz music and musicians in Kansas City.</Description><Contributor>Haddix, Chuck, author</Contributor><Contributor>Middleton, Scott, engineer </Contributor><Relation IsPartOf>University of Missouri—Kansas City University Libraries web site</Relation IsPartOf><Subject>Jazz – Kansas City</Subject><Rights>University of Missouri—Kansas City, copyright holder</Rights>

001 47809907008 010820m1996uuuumouaco s 000 0 eng dnamIa040 UMK|cUMK245 00 Club Kaycee|h[computer file] :|bjazz sites & sounds from the Sound Archives & music collections of the Miller Nichols Library at the University of Missouri--Kansas City.260 Kansas City, Mo. :|bUniversity of Missouri--Kansas City,|cc1996-500 Title from title screen; as viewed on Aug. 20, 2001.520 Information about the jazz music and musicians in Kansas City.538 Mode of access: World Wide Web via the Internet.650 0 Jazz|zMissouri|zKansas City.700 1 Haddix, Chuck.|4aut710 2 University of Missouri--Kansas City.|bMarr Sound Archives.856 41 |zAccess University of Missouri--Kansas City Web site|uhttp:// www.umkc.edu/orgs/kcjazz/

the MARC bottle the Dublin Core bottle

Record Formats as Containers…

Metadata Types (Functions)Descriptive

The what, where, who, and when + subject description

Administrative Rights, legal access requirements, etc.

Preservation Physical condition Preservation history Migration (digital)

Technical Hardware/software documentation Security data

Use Circulation records Exhibition records Search logs

Some is auto-generated…

Metadata

MARC Dublin Core EAD

Encoded Archival Description

VRA CDWA

Categories for the Description of Works of Art

Metadata Schemas

Dublin Core

Simple format Encoded in XML 15 elements:

None are required All are repeatable

Sample record:http://digital.library.unt.edu/ark%3A/67531/metadc373/

Metadata Schemas

Type of Standard Example: Libraries Example: General Example: Archives & Museums

Example: Art Collections

FORMAT(metadata element sets, schemas). These are "containers" of data that make up a record or other information object.

MARC Dublin Core (Or others)

EAD CDWA, VRA

CONTROLLED VOCABULARIES (thesauri, subject headings, authority control).

LCSH, LCNAF (name authority), TGM, TGN

Any controlled vocabulary can be used.

LCSH, LCNAF (name authority)

AAT (Art & Architecture Thesaurus), ULAN, ICONCLASS

RULES or CODES for cataloging… These are guidelines for the format and syntax of the data.

AACR2, RDA, ISBD (Varies by metadata use.) In libraries: RDA

Describing Archives: A Content Standard (DACS)

Cataloging Cultural Objects (CCO)

ENCODING (metadata standards expressed in machine-readable form). This data is encoded or marked up for machine processing.

MARC21 XML…also METS, MODS

XML …also METS

XML

Metadata Comparisons…