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Collection metadata solutions for digital library applications

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  • Linda L. Hill
  • Greg Janée
  • Ron Dolin
  • James Frew
  • Mary Larsgaard

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Within a digital library, collections may range from an ad hoc set of objects that serve a temporary purpose to established library collections intended to persist through time. The objects in these collections vary widely, from library and data center holdings to pointers to real‐world objects, such as geographic places, and the various metadata schemas that describe them. The key to integrated use of such a variety of collections in a digital library is collection metadata that represents the inherent and contextual characteristics of a collection. The Alexandria Digital Library (ADL) Project has designed and implemented collection metadata for several purposes: in XML form, the collection metadata “registers” the collection with the user interface client; in HTML form, it is used for user documentation; eventually, it will be used to describe the collection to network search agents; and it is used for internal collection management, including mapping the object metadata attributes to the common search parameters of the system.

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  • Linda L. Hill & Greg Janée & Ron Dolin & James Frew & Mary Larsgaard, 1999. "Collection metadata solutions for digital library applications," Journal of the American Society for Information Science, Association for Information Science & Technology, vol. 50(13), pages 1169-1181.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:jamest:v:50:y:1999:i:13:p:1169-1181
    DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4571(1999)50:133.0.CO;2-3
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    1. James K. Batcheller & Bruce M. Gittings & Robert I. Dunfey, 2009. "A Method for Automating Geospatial Dataset Metadata," Future Internet, MDPI, vol. 1(1), pages 1-19, November.

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