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Dublin Core
 Websites presented in alphabetical order Dublin Core Generator 
 This service will retrieve a Web page from a URL you submit and automatically generate Dublin Core HTML META tags suitable for embedding in the HEAD section of the page. The generated tags can be edited using the form provided and converted to various other formats (USMARC, SOIF, IAFA/ROADS, TEI headers, GILS or RDF) if required. Context-sensitive help is available while editing your results. Also has an excellent page of resources on metadata . http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/metadata/dcdot/ Topics: Internet, Librarian Specialties, Librarianship, Web Design and Management Last updated Sep 16, 2002 Dublin Core Metadata Initiative (DCMI)
Metadata has to do with describing data, including its context, quality, and characteristics. Born from a workshop in Dublin, Ohio in 1995, the DCMI is a collaborative venture dedicated to making it easier to find resources on the Internet. The site includes links to metadata creation tools, the DCMI registry database "designed to enable users to explore the DCMI vocabulary" (available in nearly twenty languages), and information on working groups and recommended specifications. http://dublincore.org/ Topics: Internet, Librarian Specialties, Librarianship, Ready Reference & Quick Facts, Ready Reference & Quick Facts, Web Design and Management Last updated Sep 19, 2002 History Guide
A directory of over 1600 sites emphasizing Anglo-American history. A subject catalog includes resources in historiography, auxiliary sciences, and regional history (Europe, America, Asia, Africa, Australia). A source catalog includes links to organizations, encyclopedias, bibliographies, journals, and source materials. Each resource is evaluated and rated for contents, clarity, index, links, and described with a set of Dublin Core metadata. Simple search in one or all categories or advanced search in several categories. From the Lower Saxony State and University Library at Gottingen, Germany. http://www.historyguide.de/ Topics: Librarianship Last updated Jun 7, 2001 Introduction to Metadata: Pathways to Digital Information
This site features introductory essays about metadata ("data about data"), a glossary, and a list of acronyms. The "Crosswalks" section provides tables comparing metadata standards in various description systems, including USMARC (Machine-readable Cataloging format), EAD (Encoded Archival format), and ISAD (G) (General International Standard Archival Description). Published by the Getty Research Institute and compiled by a number of information experts. http://www.getty.edu/research/conducting_research/standards/intrometadata/ Topics: Internet, Librarian Specialties, Librarianship, Ready Reference & Quick Facts, Ready Reference & Quick Facts, Web Design and Management Last updated Jul 29, 2004 Metadata Demystified: A Guide for Publishers
"Insight into how book and journal publishers can streamline the various metadata-based operations at work in their companies and leverage that metadata for added exposure through digital media such as the Web." The guide includes what metadata isn't, identifiers, XML, the Dublin Core Metadata Element Set and other standards projects, and a list of cited sources and their Web addresses. Opens directly into a PDF file. From the National Information Standards Organization (NISO). http://www.niso.org/publications/press/Metadata_Demystified.pdf Topics: Internet, Librarianship, Media, Printing, Publishing, and Book Arts, Ready Reference & Quick Facts, Ready Reference & Quick Facts, Web Design and Management Last updated Apr 29, 2008 OCLC ResearchWorks
This site is OCLC's online research laboratory showcasing current work of OCLC research scientists. It "demonstrates a few of [OCLC's] ideas for applying new technologies to organize information. ... These are explorations and works in progress" and "they may perform erratically or disappear without notice." May provide access to projects such as the Library of Congress Name Authority File and the Fiction Finder. Includes access to current projects and related discussion lists. http://www.oclc.org/research/researchworks/ Topics: Librarianship, Social Science Last updated May 7, 2004 |
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