Library Cataloging
Visual Resources Association
VRA Core 4.0 Beta Draft documents and XML schema are now available for perusal on vraweb. These documents can be accessed from the "What's New" column on the VRA home page or from the new Data Standards home page.
At this site, there are links to the following documents:
IntroductionElement OutlineElement DescriptionVRA Core XML Schema and Examples page.
This last page has links to two XML schemas (one lax and one strict) and a number of examples submitted by DSC members. Each example has 2 data "views," created by xslt stylesheets to illustrate how the XML data may be formatted for different kinds of display, in addition to a raw XML data view. At the bottom of this page are links to an XML validator, some XML information sites, and the stylesheets and java source code used to format the examples.
VRA
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Metadata Object Description Schema Conversions Tools
News from the Network Development and MARC Standards Office, Library of Congress. A new set of MODS 3.4 XSLT 2.0 stylesheets has been added to our MODS Conversions page http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/mods-conversions.html for community testing and...
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Library Of Congress Preparing For Rda
Image via WikipediaWidely posted. The Policy and Standards Division, part of the Acquisitions and Bibliographic Access Directorate at the Library of Congress (Washington, D.C.), is launching a new website as the Library prepares for RDA. The site is located...
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New Cataloging And Acquisitions Web Site At Lc
An announcement from LC:During the first week of January 2007, the Library of Congress will launch a new Cataloging and Acquisitions Web site, illustrated below, which will provide a single source for all cataloging and acquisitions-related material available...
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Oclc Research
Some new resources on the OCLC ResearchWorks page. Seen on Lorcan Dempsey's weblog
XSLTproc OCLC Research's XSLTProc is a tool for managing and using arbitrary XSLT stylesheets.SchemaTrans crosswalk repository and schema transformation. Crosswalks...
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Dublin Core
I've added Dublin Core metadata and AC metadata (Admin-Core) to the head section. To view it select View/Source in IE.
I think some of the Dublin Core folks are on the wrong track in thinking of metadata as cataloging. I think a better view would...
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