The Library of Congress Medium of Performance Thesaurus: Deployment through the Open Metadata Registry
1. The Library of Congress
Medium of Performance
Thesaurus:
Deployment through the
Open Metadata Registry
P. Jane Smith, intern
Library of Congress Policy & Standards Division
January 3, 2013
2. 1. Introduction to LCMPT and Authority
Data Elements
2. LCMPT collaborative document
3. Introduction to the Open Metadata
Registry
4. Deployment of LCMPT on OMR
5. Issues for consideration
4. LCMPT
Authority Data Elements
O Descriptive
Preferred term
Variant of preferred term
Broader term
Related term
Narrower term
…
O Administrative
Date record created
Cataloger code (creator)
Date record modified
Cataloger code (modifier)
Sponsoring agency code
…
5. LCMPT Spreadsheet
O Full list of terms
O Full list of authority data elements
O MARC mapping
O SKOS mapping (incomplete)
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AoZ8jz-
1ohDWdDgxM2J5ZDNvZThLU2ljekFQUUIxNVE
6. LCMPT-ADE & SKOS:
a crosswalk
LCMPT Authority Data Elements
1. Source of term
15. Preferred term
16. Variant of preferred term
17. Broader term
18. Related term
19. Narrower term
28. Scope and usage note
31. History note
SKOS Concept Labels
skos:ConceptScheme
skos:prefLabel
skos:altLabel
skos:broader
skos:related
skos:narrower
skos:scopeNote
skos:historyNote
17. Data storage platform
options
O Spreadsheets
O Database
O Limitations of Open Metadata Registry
O Other thesaurus software:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AoZ8jz-
1ohDWdEVJVWJaeDhELVdOTjVsb2ZGSXhtSVE
18. LCMPT extension of SKOS
vocabulary?
O Defining an application profile for LCMPT