RIF-CS training workshopAustralian National University

13 April, 2016

Jane FrazierData Librarian, Australian National Data Service

● A brief intro to metadata & metadata standards

● A brief intro to RIF-CS

● ACTIVITY: using RIF-CS to create quality metadata records in RDA

A brief intro to

http://www.webdam.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/metadata-blueprint.png

Descriptive metadatadiscovery and identification of the resource

Structural metadataorganisation of components of the resource

Administrative metadatamanaging the resource

Types of metadata

Descriptive metadatadiscovery and identification of the resource

Structural metadataorganisation of components of the resource

Administrative metadatamanaging the resource

Descriptive metadatadiscovery and identification of the resource

Structural metadataorganisation of components of the resource

Administrative metadatamanaging the resource

● title● author● subject● publisher● ...

● number/order of chapters● number of pages● number of images● ...

● format● physical info (shelving location)● intellectual property rights● preservation info● ...

...described in an eCommerce “catalog”

...described in a library catalogue

Descriptive metadatadiscovery and identification of the resource

Structural metadataorganisation of components of the resource

Administrative metadatamanaging the resource

Descriptive metadatadiscovery and identification of the resource

Structural metadataorganisation of components of the resource

Administrative metadatamanaging the resource

● title● temporal coverage (dates of data collection)● subject● description● ...

● number/order of columns● number of sheets● ...

● format● digital location (digital object identifier, etc.)● intellectual property rights● preservation info (how to open file, etc.)● ...

...described in a governmental data repository

...described in a data registry

Metadata standards

http://www.dlib.indiana.edu/~jenlrile/metadatamap/

RIF-CS

A brief intro to RIF-CS

Registry Interchange Format - Collections and Services

RIF-CS schema

Vocabularies for RIF-CS schema

RIF-CS in useRIF-CS documentation

How to use RIF-CS to create quality records that are aligned to your

institution’s goals

demo.ands.org.au

Meteorological data for Australian postal areas● metadata record: https://datacommons.anu.edu.au:

8443/DataCommons/item/anudc:2651

An example: ANU meteorological data

quick link: bit.ly/anu_collection

http://guides.ands.org.au/rda-cpg/describecpas#choosingcol

ANDS Training

Demonstration University

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v1.6.1: Added collection types:● classification scheme● publication● software

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Primary name: Meteorological data for Aus. postal areas

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Primary name: Meteorological Data for Australian Postal Areas

Abbreviated name: MD4APA

NamesA human-readable identifying label for a collection

http://guides.ands.org.au/rda-cpg/name

required

DescriptionA full or brief description of the data collection

Full description: Rainfall observations were taken over a 10-year period across northern Australia.

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Brief description: The dataset consists of rainfall observations taken during the wet season in northern Australia, over a 10-year period, 1950-1959.

Full description: The dataset consists of rainfall observations taken during the wet season in northern Australia, over a 10-year period, 1950-1959. It is part of an ongoing longitudinal study of weather in the region. Observations are made daily at 157

geographic locations across the area. Data is sent to a central point in Darwin. Measurements are recorded in millimetres: 0.2 to 9; 10 to 24; 25 to 49; 50 to 99; 100 to 149; 150 +; Data is recorded in spreadsheets and calculated hourly, daily, weekly and monthly. Statistical analysis of the data was made using Excel.

http://ands.org.au/guides/cpguide/cpgdescription.html

v1.5.0: Added description type:● lineage

v1.6.0: Added description types:● funding amount● funding scheme● researchers

required

Rights statement: copyright

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Rights statement: These data are publicly available from the provided URL.

Licence: Licenced under Attribution 3.0 Australia (CC BY 3.0)

URI: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/au/

http://ands.org.au/guides/cpguide/cpgdescription.html

RightsRights held in and over the data collection

required

Access rights: access restricted

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Access rights: Access to this data collection is by negotiation with Professor Rayne Fall.

Access rights type: Restricted

http://ands.org.au/guides/cpguide/cpgdescription.html

Access rightsInformation about access rights to the data collection

v1.6.0: Added access rights types:● open● conditional● restricted

v1.6.1: Updated definitions of access rights types

Identifier (type=local): ID:848086

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Identifier (type=uri): http://repository.ari.org.au/collectionId=848086

Identifier (type=uri): http://hdl.handle.net/1259.13/847351

Identifier (type=hdl): 1259.13/847351

Identifier (type=local): ID:848086

http://ands.org.au/guides/cpguide/cpgidentifiers.html

IdentifierUniquely identifies the collection within the domain of a specified authority

v1.5.0: Added identifier type:● NHMRC id

v1.6.1: Added identifier type:● Crossref “FundRef”

DatesUsed to describe dates associated with an event in the lifecycle of the collection

Date (type=dc.available): 3 March, 2010

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Date (type=dc.created): 2009-04-07

Date (type=dc.dateSubmitted): 2010-02-16

Date (type=dc.dateAccepted): 2010-03-01

Date (type=dc.available): 2010-03-03

Physical address: Australian Research Institution, Western Australia

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Electronic address (type=uri): http://repository.ari.org.au/collectionId=848086

Electronic address (type=email): rayne.fall@ari.org.au

http://ands.org.au/guides/cpguide/cpglocationintro.html

LocationAddress of the collection (electronic or physical)

v1.6.0: Added electronic address attribute

● @target (for specifying a landing page or download URL)

Added electronic address subelements● title● notes● media type● byte size

required

Spatial coverage (type=text): Australia

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Spatial coverage (type=text): Northern Australia

Spatial coverage (type=iso31662): AU-NSW

Spatial coverage (type=kmlPolyCoords): 121.394531,-17.662169 147.146484,-17.662169 142.312500,-9.901036 130.271484,-11.713920 121.394531,-17.662169

http://ands.org.au/guides/cpguide/cpgcoverage.html

Coverage (spatial)Geographical area where data was collected/place which is the subject of a collection

Temporal coverage(type=text): 1950’s

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Temporal coverage (type=W3CDTF dateFrom): 1950-11-01T07:00:00Z

Temporal coverage (type=W3CDTF dateTo): 1959-02-01T07:00:00Z

Temporal coverage (type=text): November, 1950 - February, 1959

http://ands.org.au/guides/cpguide/cpgcoverage.htmlhttp://ands.org.au/guides/cpguide/cpgdaterange.html

Coverage (temporal)A time period during which data was collected/observations made or a time

period that a collection is linked intellectually or thematically

http://ands.org.au/guides/cpguide/cpgrelatedobject.htmlhttp://ands.org.au/guides/cpguide/cpgparty.html

Related party: Not used or if used, relation is incorrect

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Key (relation=hasCollector): ari.org.au/researcher:3852740 Unique key for Professor Rayne Fall (person)

Key (relation=isManagedBy): www.ari.org.au Unique key for Australian Research Institution (group)

Related object (party)A party (person or group) related to the collection

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Related activity: {Not used OR is made up where no real activity existsOR relation is incorrect}

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Key (relation=isOutputOf): ari.org.au/activity:2011-380473

Unique key for publication “Rainfall patterns in the northern Australiantropics during the wet period: a longitudinal study from 1950 onwards”

Key: http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/100009

http://ands.org.au/guides/cpguide/cpgrelatedobject.htmlhttp://ands.org.au/guides/cpguide/cpgactivity.html

Related object (activity)An activity related to a collection

Subject (type=local): Rainfall

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Subject (type=lcsh): Rainfall frequencies

Subject (type=local): Rainfall in northern Australia

Subject (type=anzsrc-for): 040102

Weather Research & Forecast Model (WRF)

http://ands.org.au/guides/cpguide/cpgsubject.html

SubjectsThe primary topic or topics covered by the collection

v1.6.0: Added subject type:● Global Change Master Directory

(GCMD)

Related information (type=publication)

Title: {Title not included}

Identifier (type=issn): 03178471

VSRelated information (type=publication)

Title: Rainfall in the northern Australian tropics: a statistical analysis of rainfall over a 50 year period, 1950-1999

Identifier (type=doi): http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ISSTA.2002.1048560

http://ands.org.au/guides/cpguide/cpgrelatedinfo.html

Related informationInformation that provides context about the collectionv1.5.0:

Added related info types:● activity● collection● party● service

Added collection-publication relationship & types:

● is cited by● is referenced by● is documented by● is supplemented by● is supplemented to● is reviewed by● is supported by

Added identifier types:● ABN● ARC● NLA● ISIL● NHMRC● ORCID● researcherID

v1.6.0: Added identifier type:● PubMed

v1.6.1: Added related info type:● Provenance

{Citation given is to a publication based on the data, not the data collection itself}

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Citation (type=fullCitation): Fall, R (2011): Daily rainfall observations over the northern Australian tropics, November to February, 1950-1959. [place

of publication, publisher]. doi:10.1109/2002.1048397 http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/2002.1048397, 2011.

http://ands.org.au/guides/cpguide/cpgcitation.html

CitationThe preferred form for citing a collection in a publication or other bibliographicenvironment

Relating objects in RDA

v1.6.1: Updated definitions:● related collection type “has collector”● related party type “is collector of”

An example: ANU Meteorological data

Methods for calculating population exposure estimates of daily weather

● Institutional metadata record: https://datacommons.anu.edu.au:8443/DataCommons/rest/display/anudc:2650;jsessionid=30DBBAA0E69BD269271C0A2F0BA4B0AD?layout=def:display

Meteorological data for Australian postal areas● metadata record: https://datacommons.anu.edu.au:

8443/DataCommons/item/anudc:2651

Ivan Hanigan● ORCID metadata record: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6360-6793 ● Institutional metadata record: http://nceph.anu.edu.au/about-

us/people/ivan-hanigan

Australian Data Archive● Landing page: http://www.ada.edu.au/

More examples relating to ANU Meteorological data

v1.6.0: New activity type:● grant

v1.6.1: New service type:● store

ANDS Resources

Content Provider’s Guide

Technical resources

RIF-CS documentation

RIF-CS Schema Guidelines (technical info)

Controlled Vocabularies

Quality processes and gold standard records (includes links to examples)

Metadata for impact: make RIF-CS work for you