Practices at the METRO Workshop

These are designed for in-class and after-class exercises. Depending on the time availability, some exercises will be discussed while others may be left for your own future exploration.

Exercise 1. Dublin Core http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/

1.1 Creating a DC record for a single-file journal article:

• Gregory Crane. Georeferencing in Historical Collections. D-Lib Magazine, May 2004, Volume 10 Number 5. URL:http://www.dlib.org/dlib/may04/crane/05crane.html

1.2 Using standard vocabularies and rules:

• DCMI Type Vocabulary
  http://dublincore.org/documents/dcmi-type-vocabulary/
• [MIME] Internet Media Types
  http://www.iana.org/assignments/media-types/
• ISO 639. Code for the representation of the names of languages.
  639-1: Two-character language codes (136 languages only.)
  http://www.oasis-open.org/cover/iso639a.html
  639-2: Alpha-3 code (including the languages covered in 639-1 and many others)
  http://www.loc.gov/standards/iso639-2/langhome.html
• ISO 3166 - Codes for the representation of names of countries.
  http://www.oasis-open.org/cover/country3166.html

1.3 Discussing: Creating a DC record for a multi-file online tutorial:

• Moving Theory into Practice: Digital Imaging Tutorial. Prepared by Cornell University Library/ Research Department
  http://www.library.cornell.edu/preservation/tutorial/contents.html

1.4 Discussing: Creating a DC record for a dynamic contents website:

• Explore Mars Now
  http://www.exploremarsnow.org

1.5 Discussing: Creating a DC record for a dynamic contents website that provides dynamic information on the screen based on the search or browse queries:

• National Geographic--Expeditions--Lessons http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/lessons/01/gk2/marsmobiles.html

1.6 Discussing: Creating a DC record for a webpage that contains multiple contributors:

• The Math Forum: Ask Dr. Math.
  http://mathforum.org/library/drmath/view/56672.html

DC creation tools

• DC-Dot's Dublin Core metadata editor http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/metadata/dcdot/
  (Note: Note: Submit any webpage's URL and get a suggested metadata record in XHTML format, then use the template to edit the record.)

Exercise 2. MARC family

2.1 Analyzing MODS Example Documents

• Go to: http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/
• Check the section: MODS Example Documents

2.2 Analyzing MARCXML Example Documents

• Go to: http://www.loc.gov/standards/marcxml/
• Check the section: MARCXML Example Documents -- MARCXML Instance

2.3 Using name authority files for Gregory Crane

• LC Name Authority file (LC NAF) = Anglo-American Authority File
  http://authorities.loc.gov/

Exercise 3. Culture Objects

3.1 Analyzing CDWA records

• CDWA (Categories for the Description of Works of Art), Getty
  http://www.getty.edu/research/conducting_research/standards/cdwa/index.html
  
• Under "Catalog Examples" click on any item. Compare the user-view record and the record in fielded format.
  http://www.getty.edu/research/conducting_research/standards/cdwa/examples.html
  
  Previous example site: http://www.getty.edu/research/institute/
  standards/cdwa/3_cataloging_examples/index.html

3.2 Creating a CWDA Core records for objects

• The Path through the Irises, 1914–17, Claude Monet
  http://www.metmuseum.org/Works_of_Art/viewOne.asp?dep=22&viewmode=1&item=2001.202.6 (Make sure you click on each of the fields: Description| Signature, Marks, and Inscriptions | Provenance/Ownership History | Note to the Reader ).
  (Path: http://www.metmuseum.org/search/iquery.asp --> type: Monet --> choose: Works of Art --> Features --> Provenance Research Project)
  
  
• Maiolica: Dish (coppa), ca. 1525
  http://www.metmuseum.org/Works_of_Art/viewOne.asp?dep=22&viewmode=1&item=1975%2E1%2E1088
  Also type the title "Maiolica: Dish (coppa)" in the search box on the left side and view all results. Are there other objects share the same name with this one? From this example, what do you feel about the importance of titles in such records?
  
  
• The Apple Macintosh, 1984 http://historywired.si.edu/object.cfm?ID=341
  

3.3 Using controlled vocabularies for visual resources

• Art and Architecture Thesaurus (AAT)
  (Please use it for subject terms describing "The Path through the Irises" painting, the "Maiolica: Dish (coppa)" object, and the Apple Macintosh object.)
  http://www.getty.edu/research/tools/vocabulary/aat/index.html
  Explanation of AAT fields:
  http://www.getty.edu/research/conducting_research/vocabularies/aat/about.html
  
• Library of Congress Thesauri
  http://www.loc.gov/pmei/lexico/tgm1/brsearch.html
  . Thesaurus for Graphic Materials I: Subject Terms (TGM I)
  (Please use TGM I for subject terms describing "The Path through the Irises" painting, the "Maiolica: Dish (coppa)" object, and the Apple Macintosh object.)
  . Thesaurus for Graphic Materials II:Genre and Physical Characteristic Terms (TGM II)
  
  
• The Union List of Artist Names (ULAN)
  (Please use it for the authority entry of "Claude Monet")
  http://www.getty.edu/research/tools/vocabulary/ulan/
  Explanation of ULAN fields:
  http://www.getty.edu/research/conducting_research/vocabularies/ulan/about.html
  
  
• The Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names (TGN) (Please use it for the authority entry of "Urbino". Is there any historical name for Urbino?)
  http://www.getty.edu/research/tools/vocabulary/tgn/
  Explanation of TGN fields: http://www.getty.edu/research/conducting_research/vocabularies/tgn/about.html

Exercise 4. Visual Resources

4.1 Analyzing VRA records

• VRA Core (Visual Resource Association (VRA) Core Categories)
  http://www.vraweb.org/projects/vracore3/examples.html

4.2 Discussing about the WORK and the photograph of the George Washington Bridge as presented at: http://historywired.si.edu/objectvoted.cfm?ID=245

4.3 Using ContentDM at SLIS Lab

• Instruction (in WORD)

4.4 Creating metadata records using Photoshop and Adobe's IPTC Core

1. Open Photoshop CS software (start-->Programs-->Graphics-->Adobe Photoshop CS2)
2. Browse images
3. Create a metadata record for an image

Exercise 5. Learning objects

5.1 Creating LOM records for this/these website(s), use template: http://demo.licef.teluq.uquebec.ca/eRIB/

• Microsoft training tutorial: Creating Your First Presentation
  http://office.microsoft.com/training/training.aspx?AssetID=RP011298731033&CTT=6&Origin=RP011298861033
  which is part of Microsoft Power Point tutorials:  
  http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/training/CR061832731033.aspx
  
  
• Calculus Java Applets (Manipula Math)
  http://www.ies.co.jp/math/java/calc/
  (simple metadata: http://mathforum.org/library/view/5653.html)

• National Geographic--Expeditions--Lessons http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/lessons/01/gk2/marsmobiles.html

Exercise 6. Group Project

Group Work 1. Desired Elements

List the desired elements for your collection. (Practice items will be provided in class.)

Group Work 2. Value space

Decision for value spaces: content and value specifications, vocabularies.

Group Work 3. Application profile

Decision for including matched elements from existing schemas .

• For format of presenting your application profile, consult DC Government Application Profile: http://dublincore.org/documents/2001/09/17/gov-application-profile/
• For presenting an application profile based on an existing application profile, consult National Library of Medicine (NLM) Metadata Schema: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/tsd/cataloging/metafilenew.html

Group Work 4 . Mapping and crosswalking

Create crosswalks using the new element set you just created as the source schema, mapping to another group's new element set.

Group Work 5. A specification for a complete element set

Follow examples of specifications from original element sets, write your specification for two of the elements.

Group work 6. Creating records using the proposed element sets

Create two records using the new element set your group just developed.

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©Marcia Zeng, 2007