Thoughts about Metadata Standards for Data Joan Starr

Thoughts about Metadata Standards for Data Joan Starr California Digital Library January, 2012 @joan_starr

Our roadmap Requirements Some offerings Some gaps Where to keep looking By Roo Reynolds http: //www. flickr. com/photos/rooreynolds/92639417/

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Requirements for dataset description • Citation • Reuse Photos courtesy of David Mellis, University of California; Dave Rogers; Thelmage. Group

EZID: long-term identifiers made easy http: //n 2 t. net/ezid

Data. Cite Metadata V. 2. 2 • Small required set = citation elements • Optional descriptive set: – extendable lists – can refer to other standards, schemes – domain-neutral – rich ability to describe relationships to other digital objects • Metadata Search (MDS) is full-text indexed

Data. Cite Metadata V. 2. 2 Required properties 1. Identifier (with type attribute) 2. Creator (with name identifier attributes) 3. Title (with optional type attribute) 4. Publisher 5. Publication. Year

What’s missing? By zen http: //www. flickr. com/photos/zen/18128765/

Where to go for more information EZID application: http: //n 2 t. net/ezid/ EZID website: http: //www. cdlib. org/services/uc 3/ezid/ UC 3 website: http: //www. cdlib. org/services/uc 3/ Data. Cite Home: http: //datacite. org/ Data. Cite Metadata Schema: http: //schema. datacite. org/meta/kernel -2. 2/index. html Data. Cite Metadata Search: http: //search. datacite. org And contact Joan Starr at uc 3@ucop. edu

Questions? by Horia Varlan http: //www. flickr. com/photos/horiavarlan/4273168957/in/photostream/ Joan Starr: uc 3@ucop. edu @joan_starr