DC-dot Andy Powell [email_address] UKOLN, University of Bath House of Commons Library April 2003

DC-dot introduction demonstrator application allow people to create simple descriptions show potential for extracting metadata from the resource show what DC looks like in practice not really a production tool as such workflow issues with Web-based tools, integration with editors, etc.

demonstrator application

allow people to create simple descriptions

show potential for extracting metadata from the resource

show what DC looks like in practice

not really a production tool as such

workflow issues with Web-based tools, integration with editors, etc.

DC-dot demo http://www. ukoln .ac. uk /metadata/ dcdot / ( canned demo )

http://www. ukoln .ac. uk /metadata/ dcdot /

( canned demo )

Your problem… build ‘discovery’ service primarily textual documents multiple formats (HTML, MS-Office, PDF, …) full-text index vs. metadata-based approach consider discovery-strategies that aren’t well supported by full-text approach subject browse author search resource-type search

build ‘discovery’ service

primarily textual documents

multiple formats (HTML, MS-Office, PDF, …)

full-text index vs. metadata-based approach

consider discovery-strategies that aren’t well supported by full-text approach

subject browse

author search

resource-type search

Your problem… focus on functional requirements what do you want people to be able to do

focus on functional requirements

what do you want people to be able to do

Issues metadata schema simple DC, qualified DC, e-GMS, … cataloguing guidelines format of author names, etc. workflow issues who creates metadata using what tools who checks/validates/enhances metadata terminology (controlled vocabularies) dc:subject, dc:type

metadata schema

simple DC, qualified DC, e-GMS, …

cataloguing guidelines

format of author names, etc.

workflow issues

who creates metadata

using what tools

who checks/validates/enhances metadata

terminology (controlled vocabularies)

dc:subject, dc:type

Issues encoding issues embedding in HTML? XML linked from HTML? RDF/XML linked from HTML? embedded into other formats (MS-Office, PDF, etc.) available tools editor support for metadata search engine support for metadata

encoding issues

embedding in HTML?

XML linked from HTML?

RDF/XML linked from HTML?

embedded into other formats (MS-Office, PDF, etc.)

available tools

editor support for metadata

search engine support for metadata

Questions…