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Film, Video Using METS and MODS to Create XML Standards-Based Digital Library Applications

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Title

  • Using METS and MODS to Create XML Standards-Based Digital Library Applications

Summary

  • Morgan Cundiff and Nate Trail describe the creation of 'Library of Congress Presents: Music, Theater, and Dance' (LCP) and the 'Veterans History Project' (VHP). LCP is a second-generation digital library web application which makes available digital versions of performing arts-related materials from the Library's collections. VHP is a digital library application built using the XML/XSLT/Cocoon framework; it contains collections of veterans and civilians documenting wartime and/or other service from WWII to today's conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. Data from various sources is represented and aggregated using the XML data standards emerging from the digital library community. Of special interest is the use of the Metadata Encoding and Transmission Standard (METS) to describe digital objects, and the use of the Metadata Object Description Schema (MODS) to express bibliographic data. The application is built entirely using open source software, including the XML publishing framework Cocoon and the search engine Lucene.

Names

  • Library of Congress
  • Veterans History Project (U.S.), sponsoring body

Created / Published

  • Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 2006-11-16.

Headings

  • -  Culture, Performing Arts
  • -  Science, Technology
  • -  METS, MODS, digital library, XML, standards, Library of Congress
  • -  Performing Arts, Music
  • -  Technology, Industry
  • -  War, Military

Notes

  • -  Classification: Bibliography, Library Science, Information Resources (General).
  • -  Classification: Technology.
  • -  Morgan Cundiff, Nate Trail.
  • -  Recorded on 2006-11-16.
  • -  Librarians, Archivists.
  • -  Publishers.
  • -  Researchers.

Medium

  • 1 online resource

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021687791

Online Format

  • video
  • image

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Credit Line: Library of Congress

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Chicago citation style:

Library Of Congress, and U.S Veterans History Project. Using METS and MODS to Create XML Standards-Based Digital Library Applications. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -11-16, 2006. Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021687791/.

APA citation style:

Library Of Congress & Veterans History Project, U. S. (2006) Using METS and MODS to Create XML Standards-Based Digital Library Applications. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -11-16. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021687791/.

MLA citation style:

Library Of Congress, and U.S Veterans History Project. Using METS and MODS to Create XML Standards-Based Digital Library Applications. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -11-16, 2006. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021687791/>.