Berthold Weiss <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> For describing journals with DC we need the possibility to express the
> frequency of a resource (e.g. a journal is published monthly). Any
> ideas how to specify this in DC?
>
I've included the frequency as an optional field in a local
specialisation of Date, along with the date of publication. So, where
my local namespace is 'myns', and using an XML syntax, I could
have:
<dc:date>
<myns:date Qualifier="Available" Scheme="W3CDTF">2001-01-
01</myns:date>
<myns:frequency>weekly</myns:frequency>
</dc:date>
Karen Coyle <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> This is definitely a needed element on any metadata that >
describes a
> non-monographic publication. It seems to me that it fits into the
> TYPE
> element, which is where you would state that the item is a serial.
Using a local specialisation of Type is obviously another option.
But currently the allowed DC values for Type are very minimal, and
decisions have not yet been made on an extended DC list.
Although 'frequency' may not be a 'core' discovery item, I could
envisage people using it in a search when they were unsure of the
exact title of a serial, but knew a word for the title and its
frequency. A library catalogue system needs to capture all the
information it has available and in such a way that is is reusable for
future applications, so I don't think information about a resource
should be lost or 'hidden' inside the Description bucket.
Questions like this indicate a need for a Citation Profile to provide
guidance on how to record all fields of a bibliographic record, rather
than many people trying to solve the same problem independently.
[Actually I think 'citiation' was probably an unfortunate choice of
name for this application type because it tends to imply citation /
reference linking. We are really looking at the full bibliograhic
record for a resource.]
Best wishes,
Ann
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