MIT Open Access Initiative Metadata Definition Project

Data Models

• SWAP to DSpace Dublin Core Mapping v2.0

This version (2.0) is incomplete.  A complete version (2.1) will be published very soon.

• DSpace Item Required Metadata Information Model and Cataloging Rules

The information model currently contains metadata definitions for the currently defined "Required" elements.  It also contains instructions for the metadata elements to items in the collection.

Best Practices

• Implementing the Scholarly Works Application Profile in DSpace: A metadata collision analysis for the MIT Open Access Initiative

This version (2.0) is incomplete.  A complete version (2.1) will be published very soon.

This document includes recommendations for required, recommended, and optional elements, an analysis of the implications of adopting the SWAP within the current DSpace metadata elements, and a recommendation for adding metadata elements to the current DSpace element set

Meeting Notes