Describing digital objects: A tale of compromise

Cataloging and Classification Quarterly

Volumn 47, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 326-369

  Colati, Jessica Branco ^a   Dean, Robin ^b   Maull, Keith ^c  

^a Executive Director   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Digital objects; Digital repositories; Dublin Core; Fedora; Fez; Metadata; MODS; XSD

Indexed keywords

EID: 73849087650     PISSN: 01639374     EISSN: 15444554     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01639370902737331     Document Type: Article

References (35)

1. "The Colorado Alliance of Research Libraries, commonly referred to as 'the Alliance,' is a consortium of nine institutions representing twelve major libraries located in Colorado and Wyoming. Founded in 1974 to consider ways of sharing resources, the consortium continues working toward that objective. The driving force is cooperation - the sharing of purchasing power, material and ideas . . . . Over the years, to meet specific unmet needs, the Alliance has developed a variety of products such as the CARL system, Uncover, Prospector and Goldrush. These products have proven of value to Alliance members and non-members alike." Alliance Member Institutions: Colorado College, Colorado School of Mines, Colorado State University, Denver Public Library, Regis University, University of Colorado (Boulder, Colorado Springs, Denver-Downtown, and Denver-Anschutz Health Science campuses), University of Denver, University of Northern Colorado, and University of Wyoming (Colorado Alliance of Research Libraries, "About the Alliance," "Members," Colorado Alliance of Research Libraries, http://www.coalliance.org/).
2. Colorado Alliance of Research Libraries, "GoldRush" and "Prospector," Colorado Alliance of Research Libraries, http://www.coalliance.org/index.php.
3. Fedora Development Team, Fedora Tutorial #1: Introduction to Fedora, Fedora Commons, http://www.fedora-commons.org/documentation/3.0b2/ userdocs/tutorials/tutorial1.pdf (accessed June 13, 2008).
4. National Information Standards Organization (NISO), A Framework of Guidance for Building Good Digital Collections, 3rd edition, December 2007, http://www.niso.org/publications/ rp/framework3.pdf, 61.
5. Colorado Alliance of Research Libraries, "About the ADR," Colorado Alliance of Research Libraries, http://adrresources.coalliance.org.
6. Alliance, "Digital Repository (ADR)," http://www.coalliance. org/.
7. Initially, the deliverables were intended for completion by the end of the Alliance self-funding phase, ending June 2008. However, as the project progressed and additional needs were determined, timelines have been revised to fulfill or expand and revise original deliverables by December 2008.
8. Alliance, ADR Resources, "About" and "History."
9. Consultative Committee for Space Data Systems (CCSDS), Reference Model for an Open Archival Information System (OAIS), CCSDS 650.0-B-1, January 2002, http://public.ccsds.org/ publications/archive/650×0b1.pdf, 2-1.
10. The history of the formation the CDP Metadata Working Group is detailed in Bibliographic Center for Research, Dublin Core Metadata Best Practices, version 2.1.1, BCR, http://www.bcr.org/ cdp/best/dublin-core-bp.pdf.
11. Membership of the ADR Metadata Working Group as of June 30, 2008, consists of Betty Meagher, University of Denver (Chair); Christopher Cronin, University of Colorado, Boulder; Helen Reed, University of Northern Colorado; Nancy Hunter, Colorado State University; Martha Hanscom, University of Wyoming; Mark Shelstad, University of Wyoming; Jeffrey Beall, University of Colorado Denver-Downtown Campus; Claudia Jensen, Denver Public Library; Emily Brown, Denver Public Library; Robin Dean, University of Denver; Jessica Branco Colati, Alliance.
12. Alliance, ADR Resources, "Metadata Working Group."
13. Center for Research Libraries, Trustworthy Repositories Audit & Certification: Criteria and Checklist (TRAC), Center for Research Libraries, July 11, 2008, http://www.crl.edu/content. asp?l1=13&l2=58&l3= 162&l4=91.
14. NISO, Framework, 58.
15. Ibid.
16. Ibid.
17. Ibid., 61.
18. A summary of Fedora functionality can be found in the "Fedora Open Source Repository Software: White Paper - October 2005," Fedora Development Team, Fedora Open Source Repository Software: White Paper, October 28, 2005, http://www.fedora-commons.org/pdfs/WhitePaper.10.28.05.pdf.
19. Ibid.
20. University of Queensland Library, "Fez: Project Overview," University of Queensland, http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/documentation/.
21. NISO, Framework, 61-2.
22. To view a METS record of a complete Image ADR Digital Object with all metadata namespaces, see Appendix 1.
23. Library of Congress Metadata Object Description Schema (MODS) Official Web Site, "Metadata Object Description Schema: MODS," Library of Congress, January 24, 2008, http://www.loc.gov/ standards/mods/.
24. MODS, "Conversions," Library of Congress, June 26, 2008, http://www.loc.gov/standards/ mods/mods-conversions.html.
25. MODS, "MODS: Uses and Schemas," Library of Congress, January 8, 2008, http://www.loc.gov/ standards/mods/mods-overview.html.
26. "The Fedora object model defines a component known as a datastream to represent a content item. A datastream Fedora Open Source Repository Software component either encapsulates bytestream content internally or references it externally. In either case that content may be in any media type." Fedora Development Team, "White Paper."
27. NISO, Framework, 62.
28. DLF Aquifer Metadata Working Group. (2006, November). Digital Library Federation/Aquifer implementation guides for shareable MODS records. Version 1.0., http://www.diglib.org/aquifer/ dlfmodsimplementationguidelines- finalnov2006.pdf.
29. Jenn Riley, "MODS Guidelines Levels of Adoption," DLF Aquifer Public Metadata Documents, http://wiki.dlib.indiana.edu/confluence/display/ DLFAquifer/MODS+Guidelines+Levels+of+Adoption.
30. See Appendix 2 for a table showing the minimum required MODS elements for each ADR record.
31. Deakin University has been very active in the XSD customization component of the Fez Users Group mailing list and has published many posts and tutorials concerning their own institutional XSD customizations. They have contributed their customizations to the Fez user community Wiki as recently as October 2008: http://dev-repo.library.uq.edu.au/wiki/index.php/Add-ons%2C-Plug-ins-and- Integrations.
32. Based on reviews conducted January 2008 and July 2008 of the "Display Type" list included in the Advanced Search pages of e-spacio (la Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia), UQ eSpace (University of Queensland), CPIT Repository (Christchurch Polytechnic Institute of Technology), e-collection institutional repository (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich), Materials Digital Library Pathway (NSDL), OnRamp (NSDL),and Emory ETDs (Emory University).
33. Appendix 3 shows the required and optional descriptive fields and their corresponding MODS and DC elements for an ADR Image record.
34. A complete list of ADR document types is included in Appendix 4.
35. Alliance, ADR Resources, "About" and "History."