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Enhancing Metadata Standards for Digital Assets: Insights from Joan Starr at California Digital Library

This document explores the evolving landscape of metadata standards for digital assets, as discussed by Joan Starr of the California Digital Library. It highlights the roadmap for improving data requirements, identifies existing offerings and gaps, and suggests avenues for future exploration. The collaboration between the CDL, UC campuses, and peer institutions fosters a pool of diverse expertise, aiming to enhance the description and citation of datasets. Key aspects include the DataCite Metadata Schema and long-term identifier solutions through EZID.

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Enhancing Metadata Standards for Digital Assets: Insights from Joan Starr at California Digital Library

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

  2. Our roadmap Requirements Some offerings Some gaps Where to keep looking By Roo Reynolds http://www.flickr.com/photos/rooreynolds/92639417/

  3. Partnership between CDL | 10 UC campuses | Peer institutions Provide solutions, services, resources for digital assets Pool & distribute diverse experience, expertise, & resources

  4. Requirements for dataset description • Citation • Reuse Photos courtesy of David Mellis, University of California; Dave Rogers; ThelmageGroup

  5. EZID: long-term identifiers made easy http://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 other digital objects • Metadata Search (MDS) is full-text indexed

  7. DataCite Metadata V. 2.2 Required properties Identifier (with type attribute) Creator (with name identifier attributes) Title (with optional type attribute) Publisher PublicationYear

  8. What’s missing? By zenhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/zen/18128765/

  9. Where to go for more information EZID EZID application: http://n2t.net/ezid/ EZID website: http://www.cdlib.org/services/uc3/ezid/ UC3 website: http://www.cdlib.org/services/uc3/ DataCite DataCite Home: http://datacite.org/ DataCite Metadata Schema: http://schema.datacite.org/meta/kernel-2.2/index.html DataCite Metadata Search: http://search.datacite.org And contact Joan Starr at uc3@ucop.edu

  10. Questions? by Horia Varlan http://www.flickr.com/photos/horiavarlan/4273168957/in/photostream/ Joan Starr: uc3@ucop.edu @joan_starr

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