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Requirements for Metadata Tools
- The tool has the ability to export metadata as XML.
- The tool employs widely adopted metadata standards and schemas. The tool does not employ a non-standard or locally customized metadata schema.
- The tool models digital objects to the level of complexity required by content to which it is applied. The tool employs structural metadata capable of describing this complexity.
- The tool tracks and manages intellectual property rights and restrictions on use of content as required by deposit agreement, contract, or license. The tool provides for rights metadata capable of describing these rights and restrictions.
- The tool records and manages the provenance of digital objects and their analog sources. The tool employs metadata capable of describing this history of stewardship.
- The tool supports the long-term digital preservation of digital objects. The tool employs preservation metadata capable of supporting preservation activities.
- The tool has short- and long-term business planning processes in place to sustain active development and/or user support over time.
- The tool is supported by a strong community of practice. The tool has short- and long-term business planning processes in place to sustain active development and/or user support over time
- The tool employs metadata that conforms to the MIT Libraries DOME Core Metadata Element Sets.
- The tool is capable of exchange of metadata with the MIT Libraries' other information systems (Barton, DSpace, DOME). The tool employs metadata necessary for exchange and exports metadata in required exchange formats.
- The tool employs and exports metadata capable of supporting user interfaces that are implemented for projects and and collections to which it is applied.
Guidelines for Tool Selection
There are three major factors to consider when deciding on which tool to use for cataloging digital objects: Material Genre; Stewardship and Management needs of the content; and the functional needs of the material/project. The following are questions to ask when selecting a tool.
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