The document discusses how the author uses PHP to clean up and standardize metadata for architects in their visual resources collection, describing how the metadata goes through a series of "filters" to transform the data without modifying the original, and highlights two lessons learned that rich metadata prevents issues and having coding skills as a librarian is valuable but librarianship is still needed.
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Shepherding Information
1. Shepherding Information
(confessions of a librarian-programmer)
Robert Carter • Metadata Librarian
School of Architecture Visual Resources Collection, The University of Texas at Austin
28th Visual Resources Association Conference, Atlanta GA, March 18 2010
11. Why PHP?
• Low barrier language
• Well suited for metadata transformation
Pipes and Filters:
• Metadata goes through a series of transforming steps,
i.e., it is “piped” through a series of “filters”
• Chief advantage: original data is not modified,
changes can be rolled back in case of error
12. Metadata Cleanup
arLname arFname arFirmName
Wright Frank Lloyd (NULL)
13. Metadata Cleanup
arLname arFname arFirmName
Wright Frank Lloyd (NULL)
Le Nôtre, Le Vau, Le Brun André, Louis, Charles (NULL)
14. Metadata Cleanup
arLname arFname arFirmName
Wright Frank Lloyd (NULL)
Le Nôtre, Le Vau, Le Brun André, Louis, Charles (NULL)
Herzog, Jacques de Meuron, Pierre Herzog & de Meuron
15. Metadata Cleanup
arLname arFname arFirmName
Wright Frank Lloyd (NULL)
Le Nôtre, Le Vau, Le Brun André, Louis, Charles (NULL)
Herzog, Jacques de Meuron, Pierre Herzog & de Meuron
Johnson, Burgee (NULL) (NULL)
16. Metadata Cleanup
arLname arFname arFirmName
Wright Frank Lloyd (NULL)
Le Nôtre, Le Vau, Le Brun André, Louis, Charles (NULL)
Herzog, Jacques de Meuron, Pierre Herzog & de Meuron
Johnson, Burgee (NULL) (NULL)
(NULL) (NULL) Giotto; di Cambio, Arnolfo;
Brunelleschi, Filippo
17. Metadata Cleanup
arLname arFname arFirmName
Wright Frank Lloyd (NULL)
Le Nôtre, Le Vau, Le Brun André, Louis, Charles (NULL)
Herzog, Jacques de Meuron, Pierre Herzog & de Meuron
Johnson, Burgee (NULL) (NULL)
(NULL) (NULL) Giotto; di Cambio, Arnolfo;
Brunelleschi, Filippo
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24. two lessons learned:
• Rich metadata prevents a ton of
headaches
• Having code skills is a great asset,
AND
librarianship is still needed
