Library Cataloging
A new version of the EAD DTD has been released.
- Additions To Source Codes For Vocabularies, Rules, And Schemes
The source codes listed below have been recently approved. The codes will be added to the applicable Source Codes for Vocabularies, Rules, and Schemes lists. See the specific source code lists for current usage in MARC fields and MODS/MADS elements. The...
- California Digital Library Announces Release Of Xtf Version 3.1
The California Digital Library (CDL) is pleased to announce the release of version 3.1 of XTF (http://xtf.cdlib.org/), an open source, highly flexible software application that supports the search, browse and display of heterogeneous digital content....
- Metadata Authority Description Schema
In preparation for a new MADS draft, there is a "preview" draft".For reference see Rebecca's message of August 27 (subject: MADS review) accessible from the archive.There are three changes from the previous version:Descriptors now allow empty elements,...
- Metadata Object Description Schema
Version 3.0 of the MODS user guidelines are now available.This document is a comprehensive guide to the use of MODS data elements. It should be used in conjunction with the MODS mappings and the Outline of elements and attributes. It includes introductory...
- Isbd(g)
The revised version of ISBD(G) is now ready for reviewing.The General International Standard Bibliographic Description - referred to hereinafter as the ISBD(G) - lists all the elements that are required to describe and identify all types of material that...
Library Cataloging
Encoded Archival Description
A new version of the EAD DTD has been released.
It incorporates a small number of newly-defined elements, deprecates eight previously used elements, and modifies the structure (content model) for a few elements to allow the inclusion of other valid EAD elements at different levels within a finding aid. The changes and additions were suggested as a result of experience with the first (1998) production release of the test version of the EAD DTD. During the four years that Version 1.0 was in use, hundreds of archives experimented with use of the EAD DTD for a range of finding aid encoding projects. Their input was important for deciding upon which changes and additions were essencial in the 2002 release.
- Additions To Source Codes For Vocabularies, Rules, And Schemes
The source codes listed below have been recently approved. The codes will be added to the applicable Source Codes for Vocabularies, Rules, and Schemes lists. See the specific source code lists for current usage in MARC fields and MODS/MADS elements. The...
- California Digital Library Announces Release Of Xtf Version 3.1
The California Digital Library (CDL) is pleased to announce the release of version 3.1 of XTF (http://xtf.cdlib.org/), an open source, highly flexible software application that supports the search, browse and display of heterogeneous digital content....
- Metadata Authority Description Schema
In preparation for a new MADS draft, there is a "preview" draft".For reference see Rebecca's message of August 27 (subject: MADS review) accessible from the archive.There are three changes from the previous version:Descriptors now allow empty elements,...
- Metadata Object Description Schema
Version 3.0 of the MODS user guidelines are now available.This document is a comprehensive guide to the use of MODS data elements. It should be used in conjunction with the MODS mappings and the Outline of elements and attributes. It includes introductory...
- Isbd(g)
The revised version of ISBD(G) is now ready for reviewing.The General International Standard Bibliographic Description - referred to hereinafter as the ISBD(G) - lists all the elements that are required to describe and identify all types of material that...