Overview of content related to 'metadata'

A Dublin Core Application Profile for Scholarly Works

editor — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 00:00:00 +0000

Julie Allinson, Pete Johnston and Andy Powell describe a Dublin Core application profile for describing scholarly works that makes use of FRBR and the DCMI Abstract Model.

In May 2006, the Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) [1] approached UKOLN [2] and the Eduserv Foundation [3] to collaborate on the development of a metadata specification for describing eprints (alternatively referred to as scholarly works, research papers or scholarly research texts) [4].

RDN/LTSN Partnerships: Learning Resource Discovery Based on the LOM and the OAI-PMH

editor — Thu, 29 Apr 2004 23:00:00 +0000

Andy Powell and Phil Barker explore the technical collaboration currently underway between the RDN and the LTSN and describe the RDN/LTSN LOM Application Profile and its use to support resource discovery.

Over the last eighteen months or so, the UK Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) has been funding some collaborative work between the Resource Discovery Network (RDN) Hubs [1] and Learning and Teaching Support Network (LTSN) Centres [2]. The primary intention of these subject-based RDN/LTSN partnerships was to:

Improving the Quality of Metadata in Eprint Archives

editor — Fri, 30 Jan 2004 00:00:00 +0000

Marieke Guy, Andy Powell and Michael Day address the argument that the quality of service to end-users is markedly influenced by the quality of metadata being produced and provide suggestions.

Throughout the eprints community there is an increasing awareness of the need for improvement in the quality of metadata and in associated quality assurance mechanisms. Some [1] feel that recent discussion of the cultural and institutional barriers to self-archiving, which have so far limited the proliferation of eprint archives in the UK, have meant that anything that is perceived as a barrier between academics and their parent institutions needs to be played down.

OpenURL Meeting

editor — Thu, 30 Oct 2003 00:00:00 +0000

Linda Humphreys Frances Boyle and Andy Powell give us a description of the OpenURL Meeting held in London, September 2003.

The JIBS User Group [1] holds regular workshops on issues relating to the use and development of electronic resources by the Higher Education community. The OpenURL was selected as a topic as JIBS perceived a growing interest in this issue, as shown by correspondence on email lists such as lis-e-journals, and the increasing uptake of OpenURL resolvers by the community. For example, the number of UK HE subscribers to SFX has risen from 5 in 2001 to 20 in 2003.

Mapping the JISC IE Service Landscape

editor — Tue, 29 Jul 2003 23:00:00 +0000

Andy Powell provides a graphical representation of how some well-known services, projects and software applications fit within the JISC Information Environment technical architecture.

This largely graphical article attempts to explain the JISC Information Environment (JISC IE) [1] by layering a set of fairly well-known services, projects and software applications over the network architecture diagram [2].

Exposing Information Resources for E-learning

editor — Wed, 15 Jan 2003 00:00:00 +0000

Steve Richardson and Andy Powell on Harvesting and searching IMS metadata using both the OAI Protocol for Metadata Harvesting, and the Z39.50 Protocol.

An introduction to the IMS Digital Repositories Working Group

IMS [1] is a global consortium that develops open specifications to support the delivery of e-learning through Learning Management Systems (LMS). (Note: in UK higher and further education we tend to use the term Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) in preference to LMS).

5 Step Guide to Becoming a Content Provider in the JISC Information Environment

editor — Wed, 09 Oct 2002 23:00:00 +0000

Andy Powell describes steps which content providers can take to integrate their resources into the JISC IE.

This document provides a brief introduction to the JISC Information Environment (JISC-IE) [1], with a particular focus on the technical steps that content providers need to take in order to make their systems interoperable within the JISC-IE technical architecture.

The JISC Information Environment and Web Services

editor — Wed, 10 Apr 2002 23:00:00 +0000

Andy Powell and Liz Lyon look at possible relationships between the Web Services idea and earlier ideas about seamless access to information.

The JISC Information Environment

The Distributed National Electronic Resource (DNER) [1] is a JISC-funded, managed, heterogeneous collection of information resources and services (bibliographic, full-text, image, video, geo-spatial, datasets, etc.) of particular value to the further and higher education communities. The JISC Information Environment (JISC IE) [2] is the set of networked services that allows people to discover, access, use and publish resources within the DNER.

OpenResolver: A Simple OpenURL Resolver

editor — Thu, 21 Jun 2001 23:00:00 +0000

Andy Powell describes UKOLN's OpenResolver, a freely available demonstration OpenURL resolver.

This article provides a brief introduction to the deployment and use of the OpenURL [1] [2] by walking through a few simple examples using UKOLN's OpenResolver, a demonstration OpenURL resolution service [3]. The intention is to demonstrate the ability of OpenURL resolvers to provide context-sensitive, extended services based on the metadata embedded in OpenURLs and to describe the construction of simple OpenURL resolver software.

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.

Metadata: BIBLINK.Checksum

editor — Fri, 18 Sep 1998 23:00:00 +0000

Ian Peacock and Andy Powell describe a proposed algorithm for calculating a checksum for Web pages.

Metadata Corner: CrossROADS and Interoperability

editor — Thu, 19 Mar 1998 00:00:00 +0000

Michael Day, Rachel Heery and Andy Powell report on work in progress on enhancements to the ROADS software.

Dublin Core Management

editor — Fri, 18 Jul 1997 23:00:00 +0000

Andy Powell presents three models for the way in which metadata can be managed across a Web site and describes some of the tools that are beginning to be used at UKOLN to embed Dublin Core metadata into Web pages.

The Dublin Core Metadata Element Set (the Dublin Core) [1] is a 15 element metadata set that is primarily intended to aid resource discovery on the Web. The elements in the Dublin Core are TITLE, SUBJECT, DESCRIPTION, CREATOR, PUBLISHER, CONTRIBUTOR, DATE, TYPE, FORMAT, IDENTIFIER, SOURCE, LANGUAGE, RELATION, COVERAGE and RIGHTS. As we begin to consider some initial implementations using the Dublin Core we need to consider how best to manage large amounts of metadata across a Web-site.

Controlling Access in the Electronic Library

editor — Sun, 19 Jan 1997 00:00:00 +0000

Andy Powell and Mark Gillet discuss methods of electronic authentication.

Abstract

The growth of networking and the Internet has led to more and more information resources being funded centrally by JISC (the Joint Information Systems Committee of the Higher Education Funding Council) and provided from a single or limited number of locations to the whole of the academic community. Centralised networked services such as these have been a fact of life in commercial organisations for many years and this model is now being adopted by government agencies like the NHS.