Apologies for duplication...
The eXtensible Catalog (XC) Project at the University of Rochester
announces the release of a major white paper describing the project's
approach to metadata. The paper describes how the development of an XML
schema for XC and the creation of a platform for enriching and
transforming metadata (the XC Metadata Services Toolkit) benefit not
only future users of the XC software, but also the broader library
community.
"Supporting the eXtensible Catalog through Metadata Design and Services"
by Jennifer Bowen (Co-Principal Investigator, XC Project) is now
available at the project's website at
http://www.extensiblecatalog.org/MetadataReports
The XC Schema is designed to enable the reuse of MARC catalog data
alongside metadata from other metadata schemas within a variety of web
environments. The schema's FRBRized structure and inclusion of some RDA
elements will provide libraries with an opportunity to work with
metadata records that bear a strong resemblance to records that will
eventually be created using RDA.
The XC Metadata Services Toolkit can be used to enrich, transform,
manage and provide basic authority control for batches of metadata
records in any XML schema, including MARCXML. It can provide a useful
platform for testing new metadata standards and schemas and an
invaluable learning environment for libraries as they become accustomed
to new metadata standards such as RDA.
The eXtensible Catalog (XC) is a collaborative project funded by the
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and by XC Partner institutions. The XC
Software will be released later in 2009 under an open source license.
More information about the XC Project is available at
www.extensiblecatalog.org
Jennifer Bowen
eXtensible Catalog Project
University of Rochester
Rochester, New York
jbowen_at_library.rochester.edu
Received on Fri Jan 09 2009 - 11:06:45 EST