Representation (Metadata) Assignment - Foundations of Data and Information § This is a 2-part assignment. Part 1: Dublin Core Metadata Record Working the DCMI Metadata Terms http://www.dublincore.org/documents/dcmi-terms/. § Create one “full” metadata record for an article, a webpage, a photograph, a book, OR data set representing a topic about our natural environment. For example, the object you select may represent ecology, botany, a natural disaster, weather data, etc. § Please work with the following encoding scheme: Guidelines for implementing Dublin Core inTM XML https://www.dublincore.org/specifications/dublin-core/dc-xml-guidelines/ For your metadata record (a representation): § Use as many of the 15 DC (Dublin Core) elements (properties) as you can from the DCMES, version 1.1 when creating you’re your representation § You may also include additional elements (full level properties) from the DCTERMS namespace. § Show that you understand element repeatability. § Work with the DCTERM document: http://www.dublincore.org/documents/dcmi-terms/ to include: o 2 examples of refinements. o 2 examples of encoding schemes. You may draw your values searching id.loc vocabularies at: http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects.html, or other tools. ELEMENT QUALIFICATION “REMINDER” A refinement narrows the meaning of an element (or property). How would you refine title? Ask yourself: What is a type of title? Software to help you: Simple generator: https://nsteffel.github.io/dublin_core_generator/generator_nq.html Advanced generator: https://nsteffel.github.io/dublin_core_generator/generator.html There are two types of encoding schemes: Vocabulary encoding schemes; and syntax encoding schemes. Vocabulary encoding schemes contain content values (e.g., LCSH); and syntax encoding schemes recommend a grammar (ordering) for your content (YYYY-MM-DD). PART 2: Metadata standard exploration Explore a (single, just one!) metadata standard and examine supporting documentation too. Example standards are here and the RDA and DCC directory: RDA Metadata Directory: http://rd-alliance.github.io/metadata-directory/ DCC (Digital Curation Center) Disciplinary Metadata: https://www.dcc.ac.uk/guidance/standards/metadata If you are having a challenge identifying a standard, or would like a recommendation, you may consider one of the below standards. § EAD (Encoded Archival Description): Look specifically at Appendix C and D to get a sense of the tags and their use: http://www.loc.gov/ead/tglib/index.html; and the EAD homepage is: http://www.loc.gov/ead/. § TEI (Text Encoding Initiative). TEI P5: Guidelines for Electronic Text Encoding and Interchange: http://www.tei-c.org/release/doc/tei-p5-doc/en/html/index.html (focus specifically on Chapter 2 and browse other chapter headings); for additional information visit the TEI Homepage: http://www.tei-c.org/Guidelines/). § DwC (Darwin Core): http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/index.htm Share your observations about the metadata standard you explored. § Consider the type/s of object/s (information, data) for which the selected metadata standard is used or applied to. § Do you see similarities with the standard you are exploring and the Dublin Core? If so, what is the same, and what is different? § Share additional observations. Include at least 5 observations. § A bulleted list of your observations is sufficient for this part of the assignment. § You may also do some extra detective work for this part of the assignment. For example, you may find supporting contextual material on the web, via a blog, an article, or a “how to do” manual--all of which may give insight into the standard you selected. If you take the step to find additional supporting information, please identify the extra resource/s you examined to help you learn more about the standard.