Hello met2 listservers:
I am working under contract for a Canadian federal department. I am trying to locate
information on the pros and cons of the use of Dublin Core vs. GILS for the creation
of metadata to be inserted in the department's web site. I have looked at the DC
home page, the DC-5 web site, and the web site on the latest project by the Australian
government that is using DC.
I got some excellent listserv responses from another listserv dealing with Australian
metadata.
Am I right in thinking that DC can be mapped to MARC and GILS, but that it is not
as mappable as GILS. Am I also right in thinking that at the moment DC is not as
Z39.50 compliant as GILS. Am I also right in assuming that although GILS is a lot
more complicated, it is superior in terms of being able to describe information more
fully. I am very interested in getting some advice on the nitty gritty technical
differences between the two (please keeping in mind that although I am a professional
librarian, I am not a technical expert?) Also, it seems to me that with the growth
of the WWW that DC seems to be taking off while my supervisor has been hearing that
GILS is dying in the U.S. Has anyone heard about the prospects for GILS in the U.S.
Your assistance is greatly appreciated,
James Watson
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