MIT Libraries DOME Collections Ur-Core Metadata Element Set
Team members:
Ann Whiteside Jolene Deverges Tom Rosko
Liz Andrews Selina Wang Robert Wolfe
Nina Davis-Mills Beverly Turner Carl Jones
Ur-Core Statement of Principles
Objectives for an Ur-Core Element Set
- To mediate translation from one metadata standard to another and from one system to another
- To govern the aggregation of different kinds of metadata in the same systems.
- To enable the archiving and preservation of digital objects through their lifecycle.
Description of what makes an element a core element
Ur-Core Element Set
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Element Name |
Question? |
Examples we thought of |
Element Description |
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Identifier |
How do I know I have the right item? How do I get the item? |
Handles, infoURIs, homegrown URIs |
A globally unique, persistent string. |
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Rights |
Who can use it? What is it's copyright status? |
Copyright, Usage rights |
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Name |
What is it? |
Title, Caption |
Title proper, parallel title, alternative title, or other title information. |
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Agent |
Who did it? |
Corporate, Personal, Creator, Contributor, Role |
A person, organization, or service responsible for the content creation of the resource. Catch-all for unspecified contributors. |
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Location |
Where do the libraries keep it? Where was it made? |
Repository Location, Location Created, Location Depicted |
when was it made who can use it what is the copyright, what is the location being depicted, where do the libraries keep it, how was it made |
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Date |
When was it made? |
Date created, Date depicted, Date Event, |
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Type |
How was it made? |
Genre, Medium, Format, (Image, Text, Audio, Video, Data) |
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Notes |
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Description, Abstract |
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Not Quite Ur-Core |
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Relation |
What is it a part of? |
Collection, Components, Items in Other Collections |
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Language |
What language is it written it? |
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Subject |
What is the location depicted/described? Who is depicted/described? What is the date depicted/described? |
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Search Indexes
Dome search indexes:
search.index.1 = author:dc.contributor.*
search.index.2 = author:dc.creator.*
search.index.3 = title:dc.title.*
search.index.4 = keyword:dc.subject.*
search.index.5 = abstract:dc.description.abstract
search.index.6 = author:dc.description.statementofresponsibility
search.index.7 = series:dc.relation.ispartofseries
search.index.8 = abstract:dc.description.tableofcontents
search.index.9 = mime:dc.format.mimetype search.index.10 = sponsor:dc.description.sponsorship
search.index.11 = identifier:dc.identifier.*
search.index.12 = coverage:dc.coverage.*
search.index.13 = type:dc.type
search.index.14 = format:dc.format.*
search.index.15 = description:dc.description
DSpace search indexes:
search.index.1 = author:dc.contributor.author
search.index.2 = author:dc.creator.*
search.index.3 = title:dc.title.*
search.index.4 = keyword:dc.subject.*
search.index.5 = abstract:dc.description.abstract
search.index.6 = author:dc.description.statementofresponsibility
search.index.7 = series:dc.relation.ispartofseries
search.index.8 = abstract:dc.description.tableofcontents
search.index.9 = mime:dc.format.mimetype search.index.10 = sponsor:dc.description.sponsorship
search.index.11 = identifier:dc.identifier.*
search.index.12 = advisor:dc.contributor.advisor
search.index.13 = department:dc.contributor.department
search.index.14 = author:dc.contributor.editor
search.index.15 = author:dc.contributor.illustrator
search.index.16 = other:dc.contributor.other
Kinds of Metadata
Descriptive
Description
Subject Analysis
Administrative
Structural Metadata
Technical
Provenance
(Metametadata)
Rights
Preservation [Technical, Provenance, Rights]