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Metadata Standards for Data Joan Starr California Digital Library January, 2012 @joan_starr Thoughts about

Thoughts about Metadata Standards for Data

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Presentation at ALA Midwinter 2012, STS session on The Role of Metadata Standards in Scientific Data Publishing

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  • 1. Thoughts aboutMetadata Standards for DataJoan Starr California Digital Library January, 2012@joan_starr

2. Our roadmapRequirementsSome offeringsSome gapsWhere to keep lookingBy Roo Reynolds http://www.flickr.com/photos/rooreynolds/92639417/ 3. Partnership between CDL | 10 UC campuses | Peer institutionsProvide solutions, services, resources for digital assetsPool & distribute diverse experience, expertise, & resources 4. Requirements for dataset description Citation ReusePhotos courtesy of David Mellis, University of California; Dave Rogers; ThelmageGroup 5. EZID: long-term identifiers made easyhttp://n2t.net/ezid 6. DataCite Metadata V. 2.2 Small required set = citation elements Optional descriptive set: extendable lists can refer to other standards, schemes domain-neutral rich ability to describe relationships to otherdigital objects Metadata Search (MDS) is full-text indexed 7. DataCite Metadata V. 2.2Required properties1. Identifier (with type attribute)2. Creator (with name identifier attributes)3. Title (with optional type attribute)4. Publisher5. PublicationYear 8. Whats missing?By zen http://www.flickr.com/photos/zen/18128765/ 9. Where to go for more informationEZIDEZID application: http://n2t.net/ezid/EZID website: http://www.cdlib.org/services/uc3/ezid/UC3 website: http://www.cdlib.org/services/uc3/DataCiteDataCite Home: http://datacite.org/DataCite Metadata Schema: http://schema.datacite.org/meta/kernel-2.2/index.htmlDataCite Metadata Search: http://search.datacite.orgAnd contact Joan Starr at [email protected] 10. Questions? by Horia Varlan http://www.flickr.com/photos/horiavarlan/4273168957/in/photostream/Joan Starr: [email protected] @joan_starr