Hi all,
Yes, it's me again... more LOM related questions. I have two, which I
will do in separate emails.
Firstly, in the LOM element 9.2.1 TaxonPath:Source we are supposed to
say what classification scheme, taxonomy, etc. is being used in that
instance. As we will have in our repository two or three taxonomies
which have not been previously used, I wondered if there is a common or
standard way of creating the code entered here (I know MARC has a list
of such codes maintained by the Library of Congress). The taxonomies we
will be using are not so much local, as ones which haven't been used in
LOM metadata yet, but may be in future.
What have other folk done and how important is this anyway?
I note that in the CanCore guidelines they give an example where they
declare the National Library of Canada's version of Dewey as: "DDC
NLC-BNC http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/caninfo/" ... so they don't use the MARC
practice of small letters rather than capitals, and they include a URL
(which incidentally doesn't lead straight to the taxonomy, it leads you
to your first step (of several) in finding their subject browse page
where the taxonomy is used). I do think that including a URL to the
source of the taxonomy is a good idea though- I'm not sure where else
that information would go.
Feedback, discussion, etc. welcome.
Second question coming shortly..
Thanks
Sarah
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