A metadata-based content analysis for digital library

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A metadata-based content analysis for digital
library

• Computing Centre
• Academia Sinica
• 18 August, 2001

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Supportive boundary

• It supports 16 subject projects of the Digital
  Archive Pilot Project for cultural heritage
  sponsored by the NSC in Taiwan from 2001.
• It also supports 4 projects of the Digital Museum
  Pilot Projects for popular science education from
  1999.
• They (20) are a very diversity of heterogeneous.

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Projects - 1

• Digital Chinese Rubbings
• Name Authority Files for Persons
• Digital Library of Archaeological Data
• Digital Library for Rare Books
• Digital Library for Ethnological Specimen,
  Photos, and Archives
• Taiwan Aborigine Ping-pu group

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Projects - 2

• Digital Library of Taiwan Herbarium of Botany
• Zoological Research of Taiwan Fish and Mollusks
• Digital Library Project of National Museum of
  History
• Taiwan Memory Digital Photo Museum

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Projects - 3

• Digital Video Library Project
• Corpus Project for Sinitic and Nan-Dao
• Digital Library Project of National Palace
  Museum Chinese Paintings and Calligraphy
• Digital Library Project of National Palace
  Museum Chinese jade, china, enamel, lacquer
  works, and so on.

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Projects 4

• GIS Project for Chinese Historical Maps
• Digital Archives Project of the Office of
  Governor-General in Taiwan
• Digital Library Project for Official Economic and
  Diplomatic Archives
• Knowledge Base of Taiwanese Earthquake

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Attributes of these Projects1st data types and
styles (1)

• Chinese rubbings
• Rare books
• Archives (modern and historical files for the
  diverse purposes, such as economy, foreign
  affairs, ancient administrative documents in Ming
  and Ching Dynasty)
• Corpus modern language, poetry, etc.

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Attributes of these Projects1st data types and
styles (2)

• Artistic works at the National Palace Museum in
  Taiwan, such as Chinese paintings, calligraphy,
  jade, china, enamel, lacquer works, and so on
• Specimen fish, plants in Taiwan
• Field works
• Films and photos

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Attributes of these projects2nd research
disciplines

• Arts and the humanities
• Aboriginal study / Ethnology
• Archaeological study
• Arts
• Linguistics
• History
• Chinese literature, such as poetries in Tang and
  Sung Dynasty
• Social Sciences
• Economy
• Diplomatic affairs
• Bio-diversity

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Attributes of these projects3rd - functionality

• Description
• Resources discovery
• Filtering
• Exhibition
• E-Preservation
• Rights-Management
• Organizational Management
• Others

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Attributes of these projects4th - communities

• Archives
• Libraries
• Museums
• Herbaria

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A Content Analysis Modelin Sinica
Data Types and Styles
Data layer
Arts, Humanities, Social Sciences, Bio-diversity
Discipline layer
Description, Preservation, Exhibition, etc.
Functionality layer
Archives, Libraries, Museums, and Herbaria
Community layer
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One exampleChinese paintings at the NPM
Functionality
Data types and styles
Discipline
Original works
Repair Exhibition Description Resource
discovery Preservation
Copy - Photos
Arts
Copy -Digital
Museum
Ref. DB
GIS DB
Artist DB
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Characteristics of this model

• Two kinds of relationships should be re-examined
• Logical for disciplinary domains and concepts
• Physical for different materials objects
• Workflow could be re-engineered once again.

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Adopt the IFLAs FRBR Model
WORK
Is realized through
EXPRESSION
Is embodied in
MANIFESTATION
Is exemplified by
ITEM
From IFLA FRBR Model, 1998
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???? Inscription
?? Original Stone/Wood
????? Seals
Ver. A(1,2,) Ver. B(1,2,)
Originated from
Rubbed into
???? Related Rubbing
??? Whole Frame
?? Rubbing
Related to
Ver. A(1,2,) Ver. B(1,2,)
Source from
Reference to/from
?? Image
Ref. Literature
Appeared in Book A
Ver. A(1,2,) Ver. B(1,2,)
Context of Chinese Rubbings
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A Generic Metadata Structure
CORE
INDIVIDUAL
CDWA, DC, EAD, FGDC, HISPID, TEI etc.
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A common framework forvarious metadata formats
End users
Common Core
XML
FGDC
MD1
MD2
MD3
MD4
MARC
EAD
A
B
C
D
E
F
And so on
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Metadata type and context
person
event
event
object
space
time
event
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Other supportiveconceptual models

• OAIS model for preservation
• ABC Model for Events
• ACB Model for Bio-diversity

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Metadata Lifecycle - 1

• Interview with the content experts
• A series of worksheets
• Analysis of project requirement attributes
• Review of relevant metadata standards

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Metadata Lifecycle - 2

• Information Requirements Analysis, based on the
  return of worksheets
• Metadata Requirement Specification
• Metadata System Evaluation Development
• Best Practice / User Guide
• Metadata Service Maintenance