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Promoting shareability: Metadata activities of the DLF Aquifer initiative

Riley, Jenn; Chapman, John; Shreeves, Sarah L.; Akerman, Laura; Landis, William

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https://hdl.handle.net/2142/9153

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Title
Promoting shareability: Metadata activities of the DLF Aquifer initiative
Author(s)
  • Riley, Jenn
  • Chapman, John
  • Shreeves, Sarah L.
  • Akerman, Laura
  • Landis, William
Issue Date
2008
Keyword(s)
  • Digital Library Federation Aquifer Initiative
  • Metadata interoperability
  • Metadata Object Description Standard (MODS)
  • Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting (OAI PMH)
Abstract
This article describes the progress of the Digital Library Federation’s Aquifer Metadata Working Group and demonstrates a model for the construction, application, and testing of collaboratively-developed best practices for sharing metadata in the digital library environment. We set the metadata aggregation context in which the Aquifer initiative began, describe the development of a set of Implementation Guidelines for Shareable MODS Records and their supporting documentation and tools, and discuss how this work has contributed to the understanding of what features metadata describing primary source and humanities-based resources needs in order to support scholarly use. We end with a summary of future efforts for the Aquifer initiative, and how its lessons can be applied in other metadata harvesting environments.
Publisher
Haworth Press, Inc.
Type of Resource
text
Language
en
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http://hdl.handle.net/2142/9153
Sponsor(s)/Grant Number(s)
The work described here was partially funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation for its support.
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Copyright 2008 Haworth Press, Inc.

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