Jennifer, could you post a link to your metadata schema (or however
the data elements are defined)? I couldn't find it on the XC web site.
Thanks,
kc
Quoting Jennifer Bowen <jbowen_at_LIBRARY.ROCHESTER.EDU>:
> For the eXtensible Catalog, we have taken a very practical approach to
> developing the XC Schema. Our goal has been to reuse metadata from other
> schemas/formats (and we have concentrated first upon legacy MARC data) while
> doing as little "reinventing of the wheel" as possible. Our underlying data
> model is FRBR, which we have modified somewhat for use within the XC system
> where we had a purely practical need to do so (e.g. to accommodate MARC
> holdings data such as "summary holdings statements"). Wherever possible we
> have used existing data elements from other schemas (Dublin Core, RDA) and
> used them in the manner that they have been defined; in some cases we have
> created our own data elements that we plan to register in the same registry
> that holds the RDA data elements and vocabularies. We are still tweaking
> the content of the schema a bit as we test it in the XC User Interface, and
> once we have it locked down we will create an actual XML schema, and also an
> Application Profile which will describe in detail what metadata elements we
> are using, and how we are using them. Unfortunately, the formal metadata
> documentation is a bit on hold as we concentrate on finishing the software.
>
> Yes, we ARE creating separate records for each of the WEMI levels, and in
> the process are learning a great deal about how to manage the relationships
> between those records as they are processed through various parts of the XC
> software and are updated, deleted, merged, etc. As you can imagine, that is
> a very complicated process, but essential if RDA is ever to be implemented
> in the "Scenario 1" environment described by the RDA developers.
>
> I would summarize the usefulness of the XC Schema as a way to move forward
> out of the MARC environment, a way to start transforming MARC data into
> Linked Data, a way to start experimenting with RDA elements in a non-MARC,
> FRBRized environment. It is not a perfect solution, but perhaps a place to
> start.
>
> Jennifer
>
> Jennifer Bowen
> Assistant Dean, University of Rochester River Campus Libraries
> Co-Executive Director, eXtensible Catalog Organization
>
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