Roy TennantRoy Tennant
A Metadata Infrastructure for the 21st Century
A Metadata Infrastructure for the 21st Century
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Archival Archival SystemsSystemsArchival Archival SystemsSystems
ElectronicElectronicresearchresearch
databasesdatabases
ElectronicElectronicresearchresearch
databasesdatabases
Institutional Institutional RepositoriesRepositoriesInstitutional Institutional RepositoriesRepositories
PathfindersPathfindersPathfindersPathfinders
DigitalDigitalLibraryLibrary
CollectionsCollections
DigitalDigitalLibraryLibrary
CollectionsCollections
Non-ILS Metadata SystemsNon-ILS Metadata Systems
Silos Everywher
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Silos Everywher
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ONIXONIXONIXONIXMARCMARCMARCMARC
DublinDublinCoreCore
DublinDublinCoreCore VRAVRA
CoreCoreVRAVRACoreCore
ONIXONIXONIXONIX
MARCMARCMARCMARC
DublinDublinCoreCore
DublinDublinCoreCore
VRAVRACoreCoreVRAVRACoreCore
METSMETSMETSMETS
Infrastructure RequirementsInfrastructure Requirements
Versatility
Extensibility
Openness and Transparency
Low Threshold, High Ceiling
Cooperative Management
Versatility
Extensibility
Openness and Transparency
Low Threshold, High Ceiling
Cooperative Management
Infrastructure Requirements cont’d
Infrastructure Requirements cont’d
Modularity
Hierarchy
Granularity
Graceful in failure
Modularity
Hierarchy
Granularity
Graceful in failure
A ProposalA Proposal
Create a new bibliographic metadata infrastructure with the following characteristics…
Create a new bibliographic metadata infrastructure with the following characteristics…
A Transfer SchemaA Transfer Schema
An XML schema for ingesting, storing, and transferring multiple bibliographic metadata packages intact
A current example: the Metadata Encoding and Transfer Syntax (METS) [ demo ]
An XML schema for ingesting, storing, and transferring multiple bibliographic metadata packages intact
A current example: the Metadata Encoding and Transfer Syntax (METS) [ demo ]
Bibliographic SchemataBibliographic SchemataWe must like any metadata we see:
ONIX records from publishers
MARC records MODS records
Dublin Core
RFC 1607
VRA Core
etc.
We must like any metadata we see:
ONIX records from publishers
MARC records MODS records
Dublin Core
RFC 1607
VRA Core
etc.
Application RulesApplication Rules
The “AACR2” of our new infrastructure
Rules and guidelines for use:
General application rules
Schema-specific rules
The “AACR2” of our new infrastructure
Rules and guidelines for use:
General application rules
Schema-specific rules
Best PracticesBest Practices
Implementation practices — “on the ground” rules of thumb and procedures
Because not everything should be codified in application rules — room should be allowed for experimentation
In these “gray areas” best practices can suggest non-prescriptive and reasonable sets of procedures
Implementation practices — “on the ground” rules of thumb and procedures
Because not everything should be codified in application rules — room should be allowed for experimentation
In these “gray areas” best practices can suggest non-prescriptive and reasonable sets of procedures
CrosswalksCrosswalks
Librarians Should be able to walk, talk, eat, and drink metadata of all varieties
Proficiency at this will require crosswalks, or algorithms for translating metadata from one schema to another
The same infrastructure could be used to merge multiple formats into a searchable index
Librarians Should be able to walk, talk, eat, and drink metadata of all varieties
Proficiency at this will require crosswalks, or algorithms for translating metadata from one schema to another
The same infrastructure could be used to merge multiple formats into a searchable index
Enrichment ServicesEnrichment ServicesMethods to enrich metadata records with additional information
Examples:
Book cover art
Tables of contents
Book reviews
Robot-collected metadata
Authority control records
Methods to enrich metadata records with additional information
Examples:
Book cover art
Tables of contents
Book reviews
Robot-collected metadata
Authority control records
Tool SetsTool Sets
Tools to help us manage and manipulate metadata
Examples:
XSLT Stylesheets
Crosswalking code (e.g., OCLC’s Metadata Switch service)
OCLC’s FRBR algorithm
Tools to help us manage and manipulate metadata
Examples:
XSLT Stylesheets
Crosswalking code (e.g., OCLC’s Metadata Switch service)
OCLC’s FRBR algorithm
Relationships to Other Standards and ProtocolsRelationships to Other
Standards and ProtocolsA rich metadata infrastructure will interoperate with a wide range of standards and protocols
Examples:
OAI-PMH
SOAP (REST)
A rich metadata infrastructure will interoperate with a wide range of standards and protocols
Examples:
OAI-PMH
SOAP (REST)
ChallengesChallenges
Adapting to a diversity of record formats
Crosswalking and Merging
System migration
Staff retooling
Your favorite challenge here…
Adapting to a diversity of record formats
Crosswalking and Merging
System migration
Staff retooling
Your favorite challenge here…
Why It MattersWhy It Matters
We face many challenges and opportunities
Events have left our once robust metadata infrastructure behind — both conceptually and technically
Our users and the services we wish to provide them demand a metadata infrastructure equal to the tasks before us
We can and should seize the opportunity to recreate our foundational infrastructure
We face many challenges and opportunities
Events have left our once robust metadata infrastructure behind — both conceptually and technically
Our users and the services we wish to provide them demand a metadata infrastructure equal to the tasks before us
We can and should seize the opportunity to recreate our foundational infrastructure