Library Cataloging
CDWA Lite
Now available, the XML Schema Content for Contributing Records via the OAI Harvesting Protocol (Version 0.09)
CDWA Lite is an XML schema to describe core records for works of art and material culture based on the Categories for the Description of Works of Art (CDWA) and Cataloging Cultural Objects: A Guide to Describing Cultural Works and Their Images (CCO).The purpose of this schema is to describe a format for core records for works of art and material culture, based on the data elements and guidelines contained in the CDWA and CCO. (CCO is based on a subset of the CDWA categories and VRA Core.) CDWA Lite records are intended for contribution to union catalogues and other repositories using the Open Archives Initiative (OAI) harvesting protocol. Elements 1 through 19 in this schema are for descriptive metadata, based on CDWA and CCO. Elements 20 through 22 deal with administrative metadata.
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Omeka Element Sets
Omeka now comes with the Dublic Core element set. CDWA-Lite is in the works.Omeka is a free and open source collections based web-based publishing platform for scholars, librarians, archivists, museum professionals, educators, and cultural enthusiasts....
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Cdwa-lite
A request for comments:CDWA-Lite is a lightweight XML schema that describes core information for cultural materials and their visual surrogates....The Advisory Committee for this standard is seeking broad community review of it from a technical viewpoint...
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Marc 21 Lite
MARC 21 LITE is a subset of the MARC21 standard. It is intended to be used when the full MARC21 scheme would be too complex. It could be used by smaller libraries, for bibliographies, or material of an ephemeral nature.The MARC 21 LITE Bibliographic Format...
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Mods
The Metadata Object Description Schema is now at version 2.0. MODS is basically MARC lite expressed as XML.[It] is intended to be able to carry selected data from existing MARC 21 records as well as to enable the creation of original resource description...
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Art Metadata
Another resource from the Getty Institute is the Categories for the Description of Works of Art (CDWA). This is the description from the introduction:"The Categories describe the content of art databases by articulating a conceptual framework for describing...
Library Cataloging