Nov. 6, 2003 MAVIS MARCXML, MODS and Dublin Core MAVIS Users Conference 2003 Rebecca Guenther...

Nov. 6, 2003 MAVIS

MARCXML, MODS and Dublin Core

MAVIS Users Conference 2003

Rebecca Guenther ([email protected]) Library of Congress

Nov. 6, 2003 MAVIS Users 2

Overview of presentation

• Why MARC in XML• MARCXML environment• MODS• Dublin Core• Comparisons


The MARC format

• Markup: data element set• Semantics: meaning of elements (but

content defined by other standards)• Structure = syntax for communication

• 2709• MARCXML

• MARC 21: an international descriptive metadata format


MARCXML evolution

• Need to take advantage of XML• Establish standard MARC 21 in an XML structure

• Need simpler (but compatible) alternatives• Development of MODS

• Need interoperability with different schemas• Assemble coordinated set of tools

• Need continuity with current data• Provide flexible transition options


MARC in XML

• Why make transition to XML?• To take advantage of emerging tools and

systems that function through XML• To make MARC compatible with new

initiatives in the XML environment such as• ZING (Z39.50 International Next Generation)• OAI (Open Archives Initiative harvesting)• METS (Metadata Encoding & Transmission

Schema)• DC (use data from Dublin Core in MARC

environment)• ONIX (use data from ONIX in the MARC

environment)

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MARC 21 evolution to XML

MARC 21 (2709) record (machine view)

00967cam 2200277 a 4500 001000800000005001700008008004100025020005300229040001800282050002400312082002100336100003000357245007400387260004400461300003500505440001200540500002000552650004200572651002500614

347139419990429094819.1931129s1994 wauab 001 0 eng a 93047676 a0898863872 (acid-free, recycled paper) :c$14.95 aDLCcDLCcDLC 00aGV1046.G3bG47 199400a796.6/4/09432201 aSlavinski, Nadine,d1968-10aGermany by bike :b20 tours geared for discovery /cNadine Slavinski. aSeattle, Wash. :bMountaineers,cc1994. a238 p. :bill., maps ;c22 cm. 0aBy bike aIncludes index. 0aBicycle touringzGermanyxGuidebooks.


MARC 21 in XML – MARCXML

• MARCXML record• XML exact equivalent of MARC (2709) record • Lossless/roundtrip conversion to/from MARC

21 record• Simple flexible XML schema, no need to

change when MARC 21 changes• Presentations using XML stylesheets• LC provides converters (open source)

• Standardization allows for communication and standard transformations

MARC21 (2709) to MARCXML<record xmlns="http://www.loc.gov/MARC21/slim">

<leader>00967cam 2200277 a 4500</leader><controlfield tag="001">3471394</controlfield><controlfield tag="005">19990429094819.1</controlfield><controlfield tag="008">931129s1994 wauab 001 0 eng </controlfield><datafield tag="020" ind1=" " ind2=" ">

<subfield code="a">0898863872 (acid-free, recycled paper) :</subfield><subfield code="c">$14.95</subfield>

</datafield><datafield tag="040" ind1=" " ind2=" ">

<subfield code="a">DLC</subfield><subfield code="c">DLC</subfield><subfield code="d">DLC</subfield>

</datafield><datafield tag="050" ind1="0" ind2="0">

<subfield code="a">GV1046.G3</subfield><subfield code="b">G47 1994</subfield>

</datafield><datafield tag="082" ind1="0" ind2="0">

<subfield code="a">796.6/4/0943</subfield><subfield code="2">20</subfield>

</datafield><datafield tag="100" ind1="1" ind2=" ">

<subfield code="a">Slavinski, Nadine,</subfield><subfield code="d">1968-</subfield>

</datafield>

MARCXML record (continued)

<datafield tag="245" ind1="1" ind2="0"><subfield code="a">Germany by bike :</subfield><subfield code="b">20 tours geared for discovery /</subfield><subfield code="c">Nadine Slavinski.</subfield>


<subfield code="a">Seattle, Wash. :</subfield><subfield code="b">Mountaineers,</subfield><subfield code="c">c1994.</subfield>


<subfield code="a">238 p. :</subfield><subfield code="b">ill., maps ;</subfield><subfield code="c">22 cm.</subfield>

</datafield><datafield tag="440" ind1=" " ind2="0">

<subfield code="a">By bike</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="500" ind1=" " ind2=" ">

<subfield code="a">Includes index.</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="650" ind1=" " ind2="0">

<subfield code="a">Bicycle touring</subfield><subfield code="z">Germany</subfield><subfield code="x">Guidebooks.</subfield>

</datafield></record>


MARCXML – other tools

• Tagging transformations with XSLT stylesheets• Name instead of number tags?• Different language tags for MODS?• Allows flexibility for display

• Character set transformations• MARCXML to FRBR tool (for

experimentation)• MARC record validation tool


What is MODS?

• Metadata Object Description Schema• Bibliographic element set • Initiative of Network Development and

MARC Standards Office at LC• Uses XML Schema • Specifically for library applications,

although could be used more widely• A derivative (and subset) of MARC elements


Why MODS?

• XML (Extensible Markup Language) is the markup for the Web

• Investigating XML as a new more flexible syntax for MARC element set

• Need for rich descriptive metadata in XML but simpler than full MARC, especially for complex digital library objects


Potential Uses of MODS

• Need for a rich (but not too rich) XML metadata format for emerging initiatives• as a Z39.50 Next Generation specified format • as an extension schema to METS (Metadata

Encoding and Transmission Standard) • to represent metadata for harvesting (OAI)• As an interoperable core for convergence between

MARC and non-MARC XML descriptions

• For original resource description in XML syntax

• For packaging metadata with a resource


Advantages of MODS

• Element set is richer than Dublin Core • Hierarchy allows for rich description

of complex digital objects• Element set is more compatible with

library data than ONIX or DC• Element set is simpler than the full

MARC format (MARCXML is entire format in XML syntax)


Features of MODS

• Uses language-based tags• Elements generally inherit semantics of MARC • Some data has been repackaged; in some

cases what is in several data elements in MARC may be brought together into one in MODS

• MODS does not assume the use of any specific cataloging code

• Reuse element descriptions throughout the schema

• Not intended to be a MARC replacement


Limitations of MODS

• Because it’s a subset of MARC fields, a conversion retains core data and loses other data

• Does not allow for a round-trip mapping to and from MARC

• Content rules are not covered by MODS, although definitions of elements come from MARC

MARCXML to MODS

<mods xmlns="http://www.loc.gov/mods/"><titleInfo><title>Germany by bike : 20 tours geared for discovery /</title></titleInfo><name type="personal">

<namePart>Slavinski, Nadine,</namePart><namePart type="date">1968-</namePart><role>creator</role>

</name><typeOfResource>text</typeOfResource><publicationInfo>

<placeCode authority="marc">wau</placeCode><place>Seattle, Wash. :</place><publisher>Mountaineers,</publisher><dateIssued>c1994.</dateIssued><dateIssued encoding="marc">1994</dateIssued><issuance>monographic</issuance>

</publicationInfo><language authority="iso639-2b">eng</language><physicalDescription><extent>238 p. : ill., maps ; 22 cm.</extent></physicalDescription><note type="statement of responsibility">Nadine Slavinski.</note><note>Includes index.</note>

MODS (continued)

<subject authority="lcsh"><topic>Bicycle touring</topic><geographic>Germany</geographic><topic>Guidebooks.</topic>

</subject><classification authority="lcc">GV1046.G3 G47 1994</classification><classification authority="ddc" edition="20">796.6/4/0943</classification><relatedItem type="series">

<titleInfo><title>By bike</title></titleInfo></relatedItem><identifier type="isbn">0898863872 (acid-free, recycled paper) :</identifier><identifier type="lccn">93047676</identifier><recordInfo>

<recordContentSource>DLC</recordContentSource><recordCreationDate encoding="marc">931129</recordCreationDate><recordChangeDate encoding="iso8601">19990429094819.1</recordChangeDate><recordIdentifier>3471394</recordIdentifier>

</recordInfo></mods>


MODS at LC

• Minerva project metadata• Web archiving project

• OAI metadata server for some American Memory collections• Allow for richer metadata; choice of DC, MODS

or MARCXML

• Incorporation with XML resources• AV Prototype project; IHAS• Developing tools for METS and MODS


MODS Minerva record

<mods> <titleInfo><title>FranUlmer.com -- Home Page</title></titleInfo> <titleInfo type="alternative"><title>Fran Ulmer, Democratic

candidate for Governor, Alaska, 2002</title></titleInfo> <name type="personal"><namePart>Ulmer,

Fran</namePart></name> <genre>Web site</genre> <originInfo> <dateCaptured point="start"encoding="iso8601“>20020702 </dateCaptured> <dateCaptured point="end" encoding="iso8601">20021203 </dateCaptured> </originInfo> <language authority="iso639-2b">eng</language> <physicalDescription> <internetMediaType>text/html</internetMediaType> <internetMediaType>image/jpg</internetMediaType> </physicalDescription>


MODS Minerva record (continued)

<abstract>Web site promoting the candidacy of Fran Ulmer, Democratic...</abstract>

<subject><topic>Elections</topic><geographic>Alaska </geographic></subject>

<subject><topic>Governors</topic><geographic>Alaska </geographic><topic>Election</topic></subject>

<subject><topic>Democratic Party (AK)</topic></subject> <relatedItem type="host"> <titleInfo><title>Election 2002 Web Archive</title></titleInfo> <identifier type="uri"> http://www.loc.gov/minerva/collect/elec2002/</identifier> </relatedItem> <identifier type="uri" displayLabel="Active

site">http://www.franulmer.com/</identifier> <identifier type="uri" displayLabel="Archived site">http://wayback-

cgi1.alexa.com/e2002/*/http://www.franulmer.com/</identifier></mods>



Other MODS projects

• MusicAustralia• MODS as exchange format between National

Library of Australia and ScreenSoundAustralia• Switched from DC-Library application profile

• Descriptive metadata extension schema used with METS for many digital library projects

• University of California Press• Merges metadata from library catalog and non-

MARC metadata from UC Press via MODS

• Schema used with bibliographic citations


What is the Dublin Core Metadata Element Set?

• Overall governing body: DCMI • Descriptive metadata• 15 data elements with semantics

(DCMES)• Syntax is not mandated (but model

and usage largely based on RDF)• Not a system or format• Does not define content rules


What uses did the designers expect?

• Resource discovery and retrieval• Facilitate searching on the Web

• Provide fielded searching

• Provide metadata simultaneously with data• But may exist as separate record

• Allow inclusion of templates for record creation

• Serves as basis for a fuller record


Dublin Core Metadata Initiative

• Dublin Core Metadata Element set• DC Simple• DC Qualified

• All elements are repeatable, optional, extensible

• Concept of an application profile• Define content rules (repeatability, required

elements)• Combine elements from different metadata schemes• Give best practice for an application


The Dublin Core Metadata Element Set

• Title • Author or Creator • Subject and

Keywords• Description • Publisher• Contributor • Date• Resource Type

• Format• Resource Identifier • Source • Language• Relation• Coverage • Rights Management

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DC Interoperability Qualifiers

• Set of approved qualifiers, March 2000• Principles of qualification

• element refinements (refine meaning of element) e.g. alternative (qualifier of title)

• encoding schemes (aid in the interpretation of a value) e.g.LCSH

• Notion of “dumb down”• Limited adoption• Difficulty in layering complexity onto simplicity• Qualifiers expressed as separate elements


DCMI mission and scope

Mission of DCMI: to make it easier to find resources using the Internet through the following activities:

• Developing metadata standards for discovery across domains

• Defining frameworks for the interoperation of metadata sets

• Facilitating the development of community or disciplinary specific metadata sets that are consistent with items 1 and 2


DC Implementations

• Interdisciplinary and international recognition as the lingua franca for resource discovery metadata for electronic resources

• Variety of sectors and subject areas (archives, museums, science, mathematics, libraries, medicine, etc.)

• Government endorsed metadata• OAI• Prism• Adobe


Dublin Core successes

• International acceptance as the lingua franca of metadata

• Broad adoption across diverse applications

• Hundreds of DC based projects• Attempts to broaden the initiative to be

a focal point for metadata discussions• Provides a resource description standard

for communities that don’t have one


Dublin Core failures

• Difficulty in defining a clear scope• Tension between simplicity and complexity• Lack of content rules, required elements• Lack of search engine support• Flat structure cannot be used for complex

objects• Lack of schema standardization• May imply RDF implementation to fully use• All implementations require adaptations,

limiting interoperability


Differences between MODS and Dublin Core

• MODS has structure• Names• Related item• Subject

• MODS fits better in library environment• Semantics• Conversions• Relationships between elements

• MODS includes record management information


Using DC or MODS

• DC simple as a “lowest common denominator” between diverse metadata schemes

• DC for interoperability at coarse level • Qualified DC still needs work• Most DC implementations use local

adjustments (resulting in less interoperability)• XML schema for qualified DC not fully complete• MODS useful for

• compatibility with existing bibliographic data • embedded descriptions in relatedItem


Metadata Crosswalks

• Dublin Core-MARC• ONIX-MARC• FGDC-MARC• MODS-MARC• UNIMARC-MARC• GILS-MARChttp://www.loc.gov/marc/marcdocz.html


For further information

• http://www.loc.gov/marcxml• http://www.loc.gov/mods• http://dubincore.org

http://www.loc.gov/marcxml

http://www.loc.gov/marcxml

http://www.loc.gov/mods

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