Hi Alexander,
One example of what I would consider "killer metadata" is
geographic coordinates (034 field). While this data is now only seen in
bibliographic records for cartographic materials, it will have powerful
potential for connecting users to place-related sources of all kinds
when this data becomes available in authority records for places.
Current status of this development is that the field has been added to
MARC 21 Authorities format, but is among the recent changes not yet
implemented in OCLC or the many ILS systems. Thanks,
Jimmie
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Hi folks,
I'm doing some semantic data modeling, and was wondering what people
in general would consider the "killer metadata" we catalog that puts
us in a better position than the world at large. Any thoughts? (You
can speak MARC or otherwise :)
Kind regards,
Alexander
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