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Dublin Core and the Cultural Heritage

Dublin Core and the Cultural Heritage. Paul Miller UK Interoperability Focus P.Miller@ukoln.ac.uk <URL: http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/interop–focus/ >. Introducing Interoperability Focus. Funded by British Library Research & Innovation Centre (BLRIC) and Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC)

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Dublin Core and the Cultural Heritage

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  1. Dublin Core and the Cultural Heritage Paul Miller UK Interoperability Focus P.Miller@ukoln.ac.uk <URL:http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/interop–focus/>

  2. Introducing Interoperability Focus • Funded by British Library Research & Innovation Centre (BLRIC) and Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) • Based at UK Office for Library & Information Networking (UKOLN) • Began work January 1999 • Funded for three years initially. <URL: http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/interop-focus/>

  3. Introducing Interoperability Focus • Focus upon enabling interoperability between resources in: • libraries • archives • the cultural heritage sector • etc. <URL: http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/interop-focus/>

  4. Introducing Interoperability Focus • By: • disseminating best practice • participating in relevant standards development initiatives • encouraging/ facilitating cross–walks and cross–project communication • representing UK interests internationally • raising awareness of interoperability’s benefits to users, creators & holders. <URL: http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/interop-focus/>

  5. Introducing Interoperability Focus • E–mail: P.Miller@ukoln.ac.uk • Web: http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/interop–focus/ <URL: http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/interop-focus/>

  6. CIMI • Consortium for the Computer Interchange of Museum Information <http://www.cimi.org/> • members drawn from cultural heritage organisations (not only museums) and system suppliers all over the world • aims to increase use of computer–based solutions through consensus–building work with member organisations • “To bring cultural heritage information to the widest possible audience, through the use of standards” • e.g. Z39.50 Profile for the Cultural Heritage (‘CIMI Profile’). <URL: http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/interop-focus/>

  7. CIMI Dublin Core Testbed • 17 members in Phase 1 (1998) • including… • Arts & Humanities Data Service (UK) • Blue Angel Technologies (USA) • CHIN (Canada) • DSTC (Australia) • Databasix (Netherlands) • Finsiel (Italy) • Guggenheim (USA) • Joanneum (Austria) • Museum Computer Network (USA) • National Museum of Denmark (Denmark) • Natural History Museum (UK). <URL: http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/interop-focus/>

  8. CIMI DCT Phase 1 Aims • Evaluate the feasibility of using DC for the museum community • Test implicit assumptions behind DC • Promote international consensus on DC practices for the museum community • Provide a forum for understanding and resolving the various issues • Create a pool of DC records in XML for retrieval experiments. <URL: http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/interop-focus/>

  9. CIMI DCT Phase 1 Methods • Four major meetings, working groups, mailing list, web-site, activity log • Test database created by Blue Angel Technologies • Work with the DC user guide draft • Liaison with the main DC community, Z39.50 Testbed and others (eg: ZIG). <URL: http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/interop-focus/>

  10. CIMI DCT Phase 1 Results • TYPE element is the key to interpretation of the rest of record • item/collection • original/surrogate • event • Close adherence to 1:1 model • CREATOR and the ‘God Problem’ • RIGHTS important • Need for Physical Description. <URL: http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/interop-focus/>

  11. CIMI DCT Phase 1 Results • Over 200,000 ‘DC Simple’ records in the database pool, in XML format • Analysis reveals degree of consistency / conformance • Creation of records from scratch v. mapping onto an existing database • Production of Cultural Heritage Annex to DC User Guide • due for public release by Easter. <URL: http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/interop-focus/>

  12. CIMI DCT Phase 2 • Commencing March 1999 • Add new project participants • Extend sample record base • introduce qualifiers and subelements • open up for public testing and comment • Investigate use of fully parsed RDF, rather than CIMI–developed XML syntax. <URL: http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/interop-focus/>

  13. CIMI DCT Phase 2 • Amalgamation of 3 main projects • develop applications that can make use of the returned data to provide a museum-like experience • map CIMI Access Points to DC • Z39.50 Profile group • Dublin Core Test bed • IIM group. fin. <URL: http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/interop-focus/>

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