26 articles in this issue
Preliminary pages including introductory comments, Program Committee listing and table of contents.
Konstantin Baierer,Evelyn Dröge,Vivien Petras,Violeta Trkulja
In this paper we present an analysis of metadata mappings from different providers to a Linked Data format and model in the domain of digitized manuscripts. The DM2E model is based on Linked Open Data principles and was developed for the purpose of integr... see more
Mark A. Matienzo,Amy Rudersdorf
The Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) aggregates metadata for cultural heritage materials from 20 direct partners, or Hubs, across the United States. While the initial build-out of our infrastructure used a lightweight ingestion system that was ult... see more
Stefanie Rühle,Francesca Schulze,Michael Büchner
In 2013/14 the Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek (DDB) switched its data model from the CIDOC conceptual reference model to the Europeana Data Model (EDM). This decision was taken on the background of two major mandates the DDB has to fulfill: The DDB is as a ... see more
Jing Wan,Yubin Zhou,Gang Chen,Junkai Yi
Metadata is a critical aspect of describing, managing and sharing museum data. It is challenging to develop a general standard that will meet the requirements of different museums due to the large range of data types. The capability of concise description... see more
Deborah Maron,Cliff Missen,Jane Greenberg
Digital information can bridge age-old gaps in access to information in traditionally underserved areas of the world. However, for those unfamiliar with abundant e-resources, their early exposure to the digital world can be like "drinking from a fire hose... see more
Hannah Tarver,Oksana Zavalina,Mark Phillips,Daniel Alemneh,Shadi Shakeri
This paper reports results of an exploratory quantitative analysis of metadata versioning in a large-scale digital library hosted by University of North Texas. The study begins to bridge the gap in the information science research literature to address me... see more
Sivakumar Kulasekaran,Jessica Trelogan,Maria Esteva,Michael Johnson
Current trends in data collections are moving toward infrastructure services that are centralized, flexible, and involve diverse technologies across which multiple researchers conduct simultaneous, parallel workflows. During the lifecycle of a project, fr... see more
Andias Wira Alam
As a continuation of our work in the datorium project, we provide a service for autonomous documentation and upload of research data. In this paper we discuss and share our experience of developing such a service by using Dublin Core Metadata. Even small ... see more
Sharon Farnel,Ali Shiri
Currently, there are a number of research data service providers that allow deposit of research data or gather metadata for research data housed elsewhere. Examples include Datacite (http://www.datacite.org/), Dataverse Network (http://thedata.org/), Dry... see more
Sébastien Peyrard,John A. Kunze,Jean-Philippe Tramoni
The Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF) looks back at lessons learnt over a decade of implementing persistent identifiers (ARKs). Those lessons give an insight into what it means to maintain persistent identifiers in the mid-term. A systematic gap anal... see more
Thomas Bosch,Kai Eckert
For many RDF applications, the formulation of constraints and the automatic validation of data according to these constraints is a much sought-after feature. In 2013, the W3C invited experts from industry, government and academia to the RDF Validation Wor... see more
Tsunagu Honma,Kei Tanaka,Mitsuharu Nagamori,Shigeo Sugimoto
A variety of communities create and publish metadata as Linked Open Data (LOD). Users of those datasets find and use them for their own purpose and may combine the datasets to add value. Each LOD dataset uses various vocabularies, structures and constrain... see more
Richard J. Urban
This paper explores the origins of the Dublin Core 1:1 Principle within DCMI documentation. It finds that the need for the 1:1 Principle emerged from prior work within the cultural heritage community responsible for describing reproductions and surrogate... see more
Description Set Profiles (DSP) are used to formulate constraints on valid data within a Dublin Core Application Profile. For RDF, SPARQL is generally seen as the method of choice to validate data according to certain constraints, although it is not ideal ... see more
Jeff Keith Mixter,Patrick OBrien,Kenning Arlitsch
This report discusses the development of an extension vocabulary for describing theses and dissertations, using Schema.org as a foundation. Instance data from the Montana State University ScholarWorks institutional repository was used to help drive and t... see more
Chunqiu Li,Shigeo Sugimoto
Provenance description is necessary for long-term preservation of digital resources. PREMIS and OAIS, which are well-known standards designed for digital preservation, define descriptive elements for digital preservation. Metadata, which is a data about a... see more
Xiaozhong Liu,Miao Chen,Jian Qin
Cross-language metadata are essential in helping users overcome language barrier in information discovery and recommendation. The construction of cross-language vocabulary, however, is usually costly and intellectually laborious. This paper addresses thes... see more
Andrew Weidner,Annie Wu,Santi Thompson
To ensure robust, reliable, retrievable and sharable metadata, the University of Houston (UH) Libraries initiated a Metadata Upgrade Project in 2013 to systematically audit and refine the quality of the metadata in the University of Houston Digital Librar... see more
Jamie Viva Wittenberg
Increasingly, cultural heritage institutions have been working to incorporate features into their collections and websites that empower users to take ownership of cultural narratives. Annotation tools, crowd-sourced tagging, and greater social media prese... see more
Ana Cox
In June of 2012, I began the weighty task of searching the far reaches of Phoenix Art Museum's digital storage spaces to import images into a recently acquired collection management system, The Museum System (TMS). I excavated long forgotten folders on va... see more
Cleverton Ferreira Borba,Pedro Luiz P. Correa
This poster presents the use of the Dublin Core for tools that make species distribution modeling. As a case study, this poster proposes the use of the Dublin Core for there to be a connection between the models generated by tools of species distribution,... see more
Jody Perkins,Quinn Dombrowski,Luise Borek,Christof Schöch
Efforts to establish centralized hubs of information relevant to digital humanities (DH) have proven unsustainable over the long term. Comprehensive hubs are currently being re-designed with a smaller scope and focused curation. However, this smaller scop... see more
Adrian T. Ogletree
This poster presents research results from a recent survey studying metadata workflows. The survey was distributed to DataNet Federation Consortium researchers and collaborators asking participants about their organizational practices involving metadata c... see more
Ying Feng,Long Xiao
This poster introduces a project that aims to build metadata standards for digital preservation of cultural heritage and plans to begin in this year. Research and demonstration will be made by collaborative effort among seven libraries and museums. The o... see more
Naomi Eichenlaub,Marina Morgan,Ingrid Masak-Mida
The purpose of this poster is to provide insight into the processes involved in making a unique fashion research and teaching collection, discoverable in an online environment at Ryerson University. The poster will highlight effective metadata standards a... see more