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From: "Riley, Jenn" <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>>
Date: 22 June 2010 00:27:02 GMT+01:00
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Subject: Visualization of the Metadata Universe
Reply-To: "Riley, Jenn" <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>>

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The sheer number of metadata standards in the cultural heritage sector 
is overwhelming, and their inter-relationships further complicate the 
situation. A new resource, Seeing Standards: A Visualization of the 
Metadata Universe, <http://www.dlib.indiana.edu/~jenlrile/metadatamap/>, 
is intended to assist planners with the selection and implementation of 
metadata standards. Seeing Standards is in two parts: (1) a poster-sized 
visualization plotting standards based on their applicability in a 
variety of contexts, and (2) a glossary of metadata standards in either 
poster or pamphlet form.

Each of the 105 standards listed is evaluated on its strength of 
application to defined categories in each of four axes: community, 
domain, function, and purpose. Standards more strongly allied with a 
category are displayed towards the center of each hemisphere, and those 
still applicable but less strongly allied are displayed along the edges. 
The strength of a standard in a given category is determined by a 
mixture of its adoption in that category, its design intent, and its 
overall appropriateness for use in that category.

The standards represented are among those most heavily used or 
publicized in the cultural heritage community, though certainly not all 
standards that might be relevant are included. A small set of the 
metadata standards plotted on the main visualization also appear as 
highlights above the graphic. These represent the most commonly known or 
discussed standards for cultural heritage metadata.

Work preparing Seeing Standards was supported by a professional 
development grant from the Indiana University Libraries. Content was 
developed by Jenn Riley, Metadata Librarian in the Indiana University 
Digital Library Program. Design work was performed by Devin Becker of 
the Indiana University School of Library and Information Science, and 
soon to be Digital Initiatives & Scholarly Communications Librarian at 
the University of Idaho.

I hope this resource proves to be helpful to those working with metadata 
standards in libraries, archives, museums, and other cultural heritage 
institutions.

Jenn

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Jenn Riley
Metadata Librarian
Digital Library Program
Indiana University - Bloomington
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Inquiring Librarian blog: <http://www.inquiringlibrarian.blogspot.com> 
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