Describing digital objects: A tale of compromise

Jessica Branco Colati, Robin Dean, Keith Maull

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Abstract

The Alliance Digital Repository (ADR) is a consortial digital repository service developed by Colorado Alliance of Research Libraries (Alliance). This article details how a standard descriptive metadata policy for repository records developed, and how that policy is currently being implemented. All digital objects in the ADR are required to have MODS and OAI-Dublin Core metadata that conform to certain minimum requirements. To help members meet the requirements, Alliance staff and the ADR Metadata Working Group, using tools available in the Fedora/Fez repository environment, have developed a customized set of core ADR material type templates in XSD form.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)326-369
Number of pages44
JournalCataloging and Classification Quarterly
Volume47
Issue number3-4
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 2009

Keywords

  • Digital objects
  • Digital repositories
  • Dublin Core
  • Fedora
  • Fez
  • MODS
  • Metadata
  • XSD

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