European Library Automation
Group
Semantic Web and Libraries
26 Library Systems Seminar
Rome, Biblioteca nazionale centrale, 17-19 April 2002
Italian Working Group on Metadata: standard and new initiatives in the
Cultural Affairs / Cristina Magliano (ICCU, Rome)
Take
purposes
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To hold an enquiry and to create an observatory
on metadata use in Italian digital projects
To start initiatives with the view to the
interoperability of the different Institutions
(Libraries, Museums and Archives)
To define a logical common model for the
interoperability
To define an onthology or metathesaurus for the
Digital Library
QUESTIONNAIRE ON USE OF METADATA
HTTP://www.iccu.sbn.it/quesmeta.htm
List of Italian digital projects using
metadata
http://www.iccu.sbn.it/metaprog.htm
Metadata Object
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Type of the resources
Tipo di metadati
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RLG
Library of Cong ress
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Descriptive metadata and
Administrative metadata
Standard, profiles and rules in the cultural
institutions
http://www.iccu.sbn.it/mapmeta1.doc
Administrative Metadata for digital object
http://www.iccu.sbn.it/metaAG1.pdf
Descriptive
Metadata
Ambiti
Model of descriptive
metadata
•ARTI
•ARCHIVI
•BIBLIOTECHE
•ATTI PARLAMENTARI
Descriptive
Metadata
Ambiti
Model of descriptive
data
REGISTRO
DI PROGETTI CHE
UTILIZZANO
METADATI
PROTOTIPO
•ARTI
•ARCHIVI
•BIBLIOTECHE
•ATTI PARLAMENTARI
M E TA D A T I D E S C R I T T I V I
Descriptive
Metadata
Descriptive
Metadata
Descriptive
Metadata
Descriptive
Metadata
Descriptive
Metadata
Descriptive
Metadata
Metadata e Profiles
Descriptive
Metadata
Standard, profiles and rules
Descriptive
Metadata
Standard, profiles and rules
Descriptive
Metadata
Standard descrittivi
Descriptive
Metadata
GLOSSARY
Descriptive
Metadata
GLOSSARY
Administrative Metadata

Identification of a set of administrative and
structural metadata regarding digital objects
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Comparison with projects,studies and
implementation in international projects
OAIS model
 NEDLIB
 CEDARS
 PANDORA
The Application of OAIS
model In Italian project
 Ingest
 Archival
storage
 Data management
 Access
 Administration
 Preservation planning
Metadata set of the Library of
Congress
Descriptive metadata
• identification and discovery
Administrative metadata
• management and preservation
Structural metadata
• storage
• presentation
Metadata set of
Congress
Library of
Metadata Levels:
Set
 Aggregate
 Primary Object
 Intermediate Object
 Terminal Object
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Administrative Metadata: new
perspectives
 Metadata
Encoding and Transmission
Standard (METS) of the Library of
Congress
 PRESERV (RLG preservation
programme)
Administrative metadata:
acquisition data (SIP)
 General
information on the project
 Descriptive metadata
 Metadata for the immagines
 Ocr metadata