5. Metadata record creation and tools

5.1. Review of metadata records

(back to section II)

5.2. Using templates and other tools

• Dublin Core
  
  
  • Nordic Dublin Core record creation template http://www.lub.lu.se/cgi-bin/nmdc.pl
    (Note: This tool will generate a record in HTML4 format, not a valid XML format. The template has included very useful pull-down lists for the metadata values.)
    
    
  • DC-Dot's Dublin Core metadata editor http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/metadata/dcdot/
    (Note: submit any webpage's URL and get a suggested metadata record in XHTML format. Then use the template to edit the record.)

  Suggestion: Use the following sources to create metadata records using the above two tools.

  • 1. A single-file journal article:
    Gregory Crane. Georeferencing in Historical Collections. D-Lib Magazine, May 2004, Volume 10 Number 5. URL:http://www.dlib.org/dlib/may04/crane/05crane.html
    
  • 2. A multi-file online tutorial:
    Moving Theory into Practice: Digital Imaging Tutorial. Prepared by Cornell University Library/ Research Department
    http://www.library.cornell.edu/preservation/tutorial/contents.html

5.3. Other tools for metadata creation

• Dublin Core tools
  http://dublincore.org/tools

  • Utilities
  • Creating Metadata (Templates)
  • Tools for the Creation/Change of Templates
  • Automatic Extraction/Gathering of Metadata
  • Automatic Production of Metadata
  • Conversion Between Metadata Formats
  • Integrated (Tool) Environments
  • Commercially Available Software
    
    
• FGDC Metadata Tools
  http://www.nbii.gov/datainfo/metadata/tools/
  A list of metadata creation tools and metadata processing software. Each tool makes use of the Federal Geographic Data Committee's (FGDC) Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata and may support the Biological Data Profile
  
  
• OAI-Specific Tools
  http://www.openarchives.org/tools/tools.html
  A list of links to the tools implemented by members of the Open Archives Initiative community
  
  
• RDF Editors and Tools
  http://www.ilrt.bris.ac.uk/discovery/rdf/
  resources/#sec-tools
  An annotated list with links to the tools
  
  
• TEI Software
  http://www.tei-c.org/Software/index.html
  A list of links to software for creating, managing, and processing TEI documents in SGML or XML
  
  
• Customized Templates for EAD-Encoded Finding Aids
  http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/FindingAids/uc-ead/templates/
  Templates for OAC (The Online Archive of California) Project participants to generate EAD version 1.0 markup.

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