metadat standards comparison

Standards

Comparison

What is XML?

• XML = eXtensible Markup Language

• Allows information and services to be encoded with

meaningful structure and semantics that computers

and humans can understand.

• Established by the World Wide Web Consortium

XML Syntax

XML Declaration

Elements in matching tags

Nested tags

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1" standalone="no" ?>

<title>Grandmother Puss, or, The grateful mouse</title>

<book><title>Grandmother Puss, or, The grateful mouse</title>

</book>

XML Syntax ( continued )

Empty Tags

Attributes

Remarks

<book> </book>

<book />

<identifier type="oclc">32380062</identifier>

<? Data for a new digital resource ?>

XML Example

• Example for a book with a title and OCLC number

• This defines a book, but does not adhere to any

standard or schema


<? Data for a new digital resource ?>

<book><title>Grandmother Puss, or, The grateful mouse</title>

<identifier type="oclc">32380062</identifier>

</book>

XML Schemas

• Creates a vocabulary to use

• Constrains the structure of XML data

• Defines a namespace


<? Data for a new digital resource using 'dc' schema ?>

<book xmlns:dc="http://www.uflib.ufl.edu/digital/metadata/"xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"

xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.uflib.ufl.edu/digital/metadata/dc.xsd" >

<dc:title>Grandmother Puss, or, The grateful mouse</dc:title>

<dc:identifier type="oclc">32380062</dc:identifier>

</book>

Metadata Example

http://ufdcweb1.uflib.ufl.edu/ufdc/?m=ld1J&i=370

Metadata Example: Dublin Core

<dc:title>Grandmother Puss, or, The grateful mouse</dc:title><dc:title>Grateful mouse</dc:title><dc:creator>McLoughlin Bros., inc ( Publisher )</dc:creator><dc:subject>Cats -- Juvenile literature ( lcsh )</dc:subject><dc:subject>Mice -- Juvenile literature ( lcsh )</dc:subject><dc:description>Cover title.</dc:description><dc:description>Pagination includes wrappers; text completed on

lower wrapper.</dc:description><dc:description>Chromolithographs: cover ill.,

text illustrations.</dc:description><dc:description>(Funding) Preservation and Access for American and

British Children's Lit (NEH PA-50860-00).</dc:description><dc:publisher>McLoughlin Brothers</dc:publisher><dc:type>Book</dc:type><dc:format>7, [1] p. : col. ill. ; 17 cm.</dc:format><dc:identifier>http://www.uflib.ufl.edu/ufdc/?b=UF00023488</dc:identifier><dc:identifier>002798984 (ALEPH)</dc:identifier><dc:source>University of Florida</dc:source><dc:language>English</dc:language><dc:rights>All rights reserved, Board of Trustees of U Florida.</dc:rights>

Title Encoding Comparison

Jessamines Children Book

MARC

245 14 |a The Jessamines

|h [electronic resource]

|b a story of a country house /

|c by Grace Stebbing.






MarcXML

<datafield tag="245" ind1="1" ind2="4"><subfield code="a">The Jessamines</subfield><subfield code="h">[electronic resource]</subfield><subfield code="b">a story of a country house /</subfield><subfield code="c">by Grace Stebbing.</subfield></datafield>






MODS

<mods:titleInfo><mods:nonSort>The</mods:nonSort><mods:title>Jessamines</mods:title><mods:subTitle>a story of a country house</mods:subTitle>

</mods:titleInfo>

<mods:note type="statement of responsibility">by Grace Stebbing.

</mods:note>






Dublin Core

<dc:title>The Jessamines: a story of a country house

</dc:title>

<dc:description>by Grace Stebbing.

</dc:description>






Dublin Core

<dc:title>The Jessamines: a story of a country house

</dc:title>

<dc:description>by Grace Stebbing.

</dc:description>

245 1 |a The Jessamines : a story of a country house






• MARC Comparison

• From MODS

• From Dublin Core

245 14 |a The Jessamines


|b a story of a country house /

|c by Grace Stebbing.

245 1 |a The Jessamines : a story of a country house




MODS

<mods:name type="personal"><mods:namePart>Elliott, E. S.</mods:namePart><mods:namePart type="date">1836-1897</mods:namePart><mods:displayForm>Emily Steele</mods:displayForm><mods:role>

<mods:roleTerm type="text">Author</mods:roleTerm><mods:roleTerm type="code"

authority="marcrelator">aut</mods:roleTerm><mods:roleTerm type="text">Illustrator</mods:roleTerm><mods:roleTerm type="code"

authority="marcrelator">ill</mods:roleTerm></mods:role>

</mods:name>




Dublin Core

<dc:creator>Elliott, E. S. ( Emily Steele ), 1836-1897

</dc:creator>




Dublin Core

<dc:creator>Elliott, E. S. ( Emily Steele ), 1836-1897

</dc:creator>

700 |a Elliott, E. S. (Emily Steele), 1836-1897



• MARC Comparison

• From MODS


700 |a Elliott, E. S. (Emily Steele), 1836-1897

700 |a Elliott, E. S.

|q (Emily Steele),

|d 1836-1897.

|4 aut |4 ill

Subject Encoding Comparison

5 Little Pigs

MODS

<mods:subject authority="lcsh"><mods:topic>Children</mods:topic><mods:topic>Conduct of life</mods:topic><mods:genre>Juvenile fiction</mods:genre>

</mods:subject>

<mods:subject authority="lcsh"><mods:temporal>1890</mods:temporal><mods:genre>Children's stories</mods:genre>

</mods:subject>



5 Little Pigs

Dublin Core

<dc:subject>Children -- Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction

</dc:subject>

<dc:subject>Children's stories -- 1890

</dc:subject>



5 Little Pigs

Dublin Core

<dc:subject>Children -- Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction

</dc:subject>

<dc:subject>Children's stories -- 1890

</dc:subject>

650 4 |a Children -- Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction

650 4 |a Children's stories -- 1890



• In practice

• Faceted Searching

• Citation Searching

http://ufdcweb1.uflib.ufl.edu/ufdc/?m=lrdb&t=pleasewell


metadat standards comparison

Data & Analytics

country houseby grace

q emily steele

country house c

grateful mousegrandmother

dublin coregrandmother

namespacegrandmother

schemagrandmother puss

grateful mousexml syntax