Editorial Introduction to Issue 27: The Digital Library Jigsaw

editor — Fri, 23 Mar 2001 00:00:00 +0000

Philip Hunter opens the box and looks at some of the choicest pieces of Ariadne issue 27.

Sarah Ormes, the UKOLN Public Libraries Focus is taking a short career break. Sarah has been with UKOLN for five years, which makes her positively antidiluvian in terms of web years. During that time both her role and her activities have expanded. Among other things Sarah was instrumental in the setting up of the hugely popular children's web site 'Stories from the Web', and in the last two years has run a very successful conference on Web Management issues for Public Librarians.

Metadata (1): Encoding OpenURLs in DC Metadata

editor — Fri, 23 Mar 2001 00:00:00 +0000

Andy Powell and Ann Apps propose a mechanism for embedding machine parsable citations into Dublin Core (DC) metadata records.

This article proposes a mechanism for embedding machine parsable citations into Dublin Core (DC) metadata records [1] based on the OpenURL [2]. It suggests providing partial OpenURLs using the DC Identifier, Source and Relation elements together with an associated 'OpenURL' encoding scheme. It summarises the relevance of this technique to support reference linking and considers mechanisms for providing richer bibliographic citations. A mapping between OpenURL attributes and Dublin Core Metadata Element Set (DCMES) [3] elements is provided.

Overview of content related to 'openurl'

Editorial Introduction to Issue 27: The Digital Library Jigsaw

Metadata (1): Encoding OpenURLs in DC Metadata