Library Cataloging
Standards for Sharing
?Like?-able Content: Spread Your Message with Third-Party Metadata by Clinton Forry appears in the latest
A List Apart. He looks at Twitter Cards and Facebook?s Open Graph protocol.
While implementing third-party metadata schemas will add to the content creation workload, that extra effort will provide a much better user experience across multiple platforms and devices, both current and upcoming. Crafting content in discrete chunks with an eye on universal application and flexibility is the way of the future.
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Privacy
ShareMenot might be a good add-on for the patron machines in the library, or even your personal machine. Did you know that buttons like these allow Facebook, Google, LinkedIn, and others to track your online browsing activities on every site that includes...
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Metadata For All Memory Institutions
Metadata for All: Descriptive Standards and Metadata Sharing across Libraries, Archives and Museums by Mary W. Elings and Günter Waibel appears in the March issue of First MondayIntegrating digital content from libraries, archives and museums represents...
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Transfer Of Digital Assets
A Standards-based Solution for the Accurate Transfer of Digital Assets by Jeroen Bekaert and Herbert Van de Sompel appears in the latest issue of D-Lib MagazineThis article describes results of a collaboration between the Research Library of the Los Alamos...
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Content Management System
Railroad is a standards-based repository for large binary files such as digital media, along with their metadata. It is designed to be easy to integrate with content management systems and other client software.Many CMSes are more suitable for document-style...
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Open Archives Initiative
Open Archives Protocol for Metadata Harvesting v.2.0 scheduled for release. Here is a description of the OAI from their FAQ:
The Open Archives Initiative develops and promotes interoperability standards that aim to facilitate the efficient dissemination...
Library Cataloging