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Paper: A Repository of Metadata Crosswalks (D-Lib Magazine)

 
OCLC Researchers Carol Jean Godby, Jeffrey A. Young, and Eric Childress propose a model for metadata crosswalks encoded as METS records available to a repository for processing by external services.

Abstract:
This paper proposes a model for metadata crosswalks that associates three pieces of information: the crosswalk, the source metadata standard, and the target metadata standard, each of which may have a machine-readable encoding and human-readable description. The crosswalks are encoded as METS records that are made available to a repository for processing by search engines, OAI harvesters, and custom-designed Web services. The METS object brings together all of the information required to access and interpret crosswalks and represents a significant improvement over previously available formats. But it raises questions about how best to describe these complex objects and exposes gaps that must eventually be filled in by the digital library community.

More Information

A Repository of Metadata Crosswalks
http://www.dlib.org/dlib/december04/godby/12godby.html

For more information:

Carol Jean Godby
Consulting Research Scientist
OCLC Research
godby@oclc.org
+1-614-761-5061

Bob Bolander
Communications & Programs Manager
OCLC Research
bolander@oclc.org
+1-614-761-5207

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