aileen o'carroll - dri training ucc: introduction to metadata

DRI Presents: Introduction to Metadata

DRI Presents Introduction to

Metadata


Introduction to Metadata

What is it?Why you should care about itCreating good metadata


What is Metadata?

data about data


What is metadata? (You already know)

Baby Amelia at 3 months !


Why is metadata important?

• Tells you what a digital object is, or what it contains.• Search and Discoverability• Sharing / Re-use

https://repository.dri.ie/


Types of Metadata

Technical metadataPreservation metadataStructural metadataDescriptive metadata


Key purposes of Metadata

OrganisationRetrieval/DiscoveryContext/Enriched MeaningSharing


What makes good Metadata?

AccuratePreciseConsistentComplete/RichWidely Understandable


What makes good metadata?


What makes good metadata?

Baby Em at 3 months !First house in Ranelagh

October 9, 2013

Emily Grace Flanagan, 3 month birthday At 22 Ashfield Rd, Ranelagh

(Technical metadata in camera EXIF data)


Metadata Quality Control – DRI guidewww.dri.ie/publications


Metadata Standards


What is a Metadata Standard?

• Set of fields for describing an object• Common: Dublin Core, EAD, MARC, MODSArchives Libraries


Seeing Standards: A Visualization of the Metadata Universe, Jenn Riley & Devin Becker, http://jennriley.com/metadatamap/

Digital Archiving in Ireland:

National Survey of the Humanities and Social Sciences

DRI metadata guidelines

•Dublin core and Qualified Dublin Core

• MODS

• EAD

• MARC


Simple Dublin Core Metadata Element Set1. Title

2. Creator3. Subject4. Description5. Publisher6. Contributor7. Date8. Type

9. Format10. Identifier11. Source12. Language13. Relation14. Coverage15. Rights


Simple Dublin Core Metadata Element Set1. Title = Introduction

to Metadata 2. Creator = Aileen

O’Carroll3. Subject4. Description5. Publisher6. Contributor7. Date = October

2016

8. Type9. Format =

powerpoint10. Identifier11. Source12. Language= English13. Relation14. Coverage 15. Rights

DRI metadata guidelines


1. Title Ulysses

2. Creator James Joyce

3. Subject Stream of consciousness;Modern novel;Turn of century Dublin;Book covers

4. Description Traces the character Leopold Bloom as he walks around Dublin on 16 June, 1904

Or

Scan of first edition, hard cover

5. Publisher Shakespeare and Company

6. Contributor

7. Date 1922


Controlled Vocabularies• A standardised set of terms that are accepted, defined, and managed (agreed on by a community)• A way to enable consistency in metadata, to facilitate accurate search and retrieval• Tend to be domain/discipline specific• Find the one that best fits your collection


Controlled Vocabularies

www.dri.ie/vocabularies

Library of Congress - Subject


1. Title Ulysses


3. Subject Stream of consciousness;Modern novel;Turn of century Dublin;Book covers


Or



6. Contributor

7. Date 1922

Library of Congress - Subject


1. Title Ulysses


3. Subject Turn of century Dublin;


Or



6. Contributor

7. Date 1922

Dublin—History—20th century

Joyce, James, 1882-1941


Human readable metadata


Machine readable metadata

<tramTicket><type>return</type><from>Central 1</from><to>Red 2</to><validUntil>Last Tram</validUntil><date>31 Jul 06</date><for>Adult</for><on>Luas only</on><timeIssued>21:15</timeissued><price>2.90</price><number>6004375019</number>

</tramTicket>

XML does not DO anything


In Sum• Metadata is data about data (description of a file)• Good metadata = rich & consistent metadata• Good metadata = discoverability• Metadata Standards improve consistency and interoperability (play well with others!)• Vocabularies aid in creating consistent and meaningful metadata


Thank you

@aaocarroll

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