Document Type

Article

Publication Date

4-2007

Publication Source

Library Resources & Technical Services

Abstract

In 2002, OhioLINK’s consortia of libraries recognized the need to restructure and standardize the metadata used in the OhioLINK Digital Media Center as a step in the development of a general purpose digital object re-pository. The authors explore the concept of digital object repositories and mechanisms used to develop complex data structures in a cooperative environment, report the findings and recommendations of the OhioLINK Data-base Management and Standards Committee (DMSC) Metadata Task Force, and identify lessons learned, ad-dressing data structures as well as data content standards. A significant result of the work was the creation of the OhioLINK Digital Media Center (DMC) Metadata Application Profile and the implementation of a core set of metadata elements and Dublin Core Metadata Element Set mappings for use in OhioLINK digital projects. The profile and core set of metatadata elements are described.

Inclusive pages

116-133

ISBN/ISSN

0024-2527

Comments

The publisher of this journal, the Association for Library Collections and Technical Services, encourages authors, whose articles are published in Library Resources and Technical Services and other publications to use a Creative Commons Attribution License (CC‐BY) to grant the rights to copy, use, distribute, transmit and display the work publicly and to make and distribute derivative works, in any digital medium for any responsible purpose, subject to proper attribution of authorship.

Publisher

Association for Library Collections and Technical Services

Volume

51

Issue

2

Peer Reviewed

yes

Keywords

Metadata, OhioLINK


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