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Library and Archives Data Structures
EAD, MODS, RSLP Collection Description
Merrilee Proffitt, RLG
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Differences, similaritiesAll data structure standards3 flavors of XML: DTDs, XML Schema Language, RDFDifferent community influences
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EAD – Encoded Archival DescriptionExpressed as an SGML/XML DTDSociety of American ArchivistsSupports archival descriptive practices and standardsSupports discovery, exchange and use of data
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What EAD is notContent or data value standard– ISAD(G)– APPM– RAD– Coming soon…CUSTARD
Archival management system
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Before EADMARC AMCLimitations of MARC AMCNeed for a machine readable formatNeed for platform and software independence
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Brief history1993 – FindAid Project1995 – Alpha1996 – Beta1998 – Version 1.02002 – Version 2002
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Continued Relationship with MARCDesirability of having collection-level description in the catalogUse of “encodinganalog” attributes– Produce MARC records from finding aid– Produce some finding aid fields from MARC
record
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How applicable for other communities?
Based very much on the needs of archival communityGood at describing blocks of information, poor at providing granular informationSome uptake by museum community– Museums and the Online Archive of California
project– Challenge in defining “collection”– “…groups of meaningfully related objects within
a museum”
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MODS Metadata Object Description Schema
Initiative of Network Development and MARC Standards Office at LCMotivated by LC’s move forward into XMLExpressed in XML Schema Language– OAI, METS, ZING
MARC-likeAllows for more richness than Dublin Core without enforcing MARC
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MODS top level elementsTitle Info (mandatory)NameType of resourceGenreOrigin InfoLanguagePhysical descriptionAbstractTable of contentsTarget audience
NoteSubjectClassificationRelated itemIdentifierLocationAccess conditionsExtensionRecord Info
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MODS featuresDoes not require or assume a particular descriptive standardIntuitive design– Element descriptions are repurposed throughout
the schema– Language-based element names
Recursive hierarchy allows for description of complex digital objects
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<titleInfo> <title>William P. Gottlieb Collection</title>
</titleInfo> <relatedItem type="constituent"> <titleInfo> <title>[Portrait of Charlie Parker and Tommy Potter, Three
Deuces, New York, N.Y., ca. Oct. 1947]</title> </titleInfo> <name> <namePart>Gottlieb, William P.</namePart> <namePart type="date">1917-</namePart>
</name> <identifier type="local">LC-GLB23-0542</identifier>
</relatedItem>
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MODS and MARCDoes not include the full element setDoes not cover all content rules“Round-trip” conversion not possible — a one-way ticket only
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MODS and Dublin CoreMODS is richer than Dublin CoreMore natural fit in a library environmentUnqualified Dublin Core still a excellent transfer syntax between diverse descriptive communities
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Uses of MODSLibrary of Congress– Web Archiving– Audio / Visual project– OAI
California Digital LibraryUniversity of Chicago Press
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More MODSVersion 1.2 June 2002 – January 2003Version 2.0 now availablePart of the “MARC tool kit”User guidelines newly issued, very MARC based
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How applicable for other communities?
Based on the needs of the library community, but could well be useful elsewhereGood at describing granular informationMore generalize user guidelines will help make this more palatable for some
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RSLP Collection Description Implemented in RDF/XMLResearch Support Libraries Programme (RSLP) and UK Office for Library and Information Networking (UKOLN)“Dublin Core” for collection descriptionVery broad definition of “collection”
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RSLP CLD Motivations[From 1999 proposal]To enable…
users to discover and locate collections of interest users to perform searches across multiple collections in a controlled way software to perform such tasks on behalf of users, based on known user preferences.
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Collections Broadly DefinedCollection– “an aggregation of items”
Aggregations of, e.g.– natural objects: fossils, mineral samples…– created objects: artifacts, documents, records…– digital resources: documents, images,
multimedia objects, data, software…– digital surrogates of physical objects:
documents, images…– metadata: catalogue records, item descriptions,
collection-level descriptions…
[text from Bridget Robinson/Pete Johnston mda Conference, 6 September 2002]
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Collection description is…Information about collectionInformation about locationInformation about agents (owners, collectors, administrators, etc.)
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What collection description is notGoes to “sub collection” level, not to itemsA replacement for EADDoes not provide data value & content standardsDoes not provide a community focus (as yet)
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Relationship to EADNot intended as a replacement for EADDesirability of mapping from ISAD(G) compliant EAD to RSLP Collection Description
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How is it useful?Acknowledgement that collection description is different than item-level descriptionStill “early days” Do users want a Dublin Core for collections?
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SummaryEAD– Best suited for archival description– Needs help at the item level
MODS– Richer than Dublin Core– Community best practice guidelines would
enhance usefulnessRSLP Collection Description– “Dublin Core” for collections– Community best practice guidelines would
enhance usefulness
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