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On 26 Jan 2001, at 17:48, Rachel Heery wrote: ... Then there is the added value a registry might offer by mapping between vocabularies (this is one of the things we started looking at in the DESIRE registry and that the HARMONY project is looking at now). This seems to me only scaleable if one considers particular 'communities of use', in that the intellectual effort required to do the original mappings is potentially huge, and the maintenance above a certain scale is similarly difficult. Hi, I agree with Rachel that mappings between vocabularies are quite important. The Metadata Server in Goettingen provides a number of such mappings in the database MetaForm. In case you want to look at it: www2.sub.uni-goettingen.de Roland Schwaenzl has mentioned our server already, but it seems to be appropriate to introduce it to the members of this list in more detail. MetaForm is a database for metadata formats with a special emphasis on the Dublin Core and its manifestations as they are expressed in various implementations. The formats are registered with their elements and definitions. Whenever possible or accessible, both the current date and location of the reference specification are given. The functionality of this database allows for crosswalks between the DCMES and its various dialects as well as for crosscuts of a particular Dublin Core element through all of the formats (in order to trace its usage across the implementations). As a third option, you may also take a look at mappings between DC applications and other formats. In addition to the DCMES and a number of dialects, some related formats with a similar philosophy and appropriate extractions from complex library formats are included. As Rachel says, it requires a lot of work to maintain such a database, and I apologize for not having been able to update some of the entries for lack of time. Comments and requests are very welcome. Also, we would be happy to enter new formats upon your notice; please use our notification form or contact me. The second part of the Metadata Server is MetaGuide, an internet- based subject gateway to information resources on metadata issues and developments. Special emphasis has been laid upon the development of the DCMES. Each resource is described with a set of Dublin Core metadata in order to make records browsable in the Subject Catalog or the Source Type Catalog as well as searchable with local Search. Greetings Carola ---------------------------------------------------------------- Dr. Carola Wessel Projekt META-LIB Niedersaechsische Staats- und Universitaetsbibliothek Goettingen 37070 Goettingen Tel. +49 551/395827 Mail: [log in to unmask]