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Florence Margaret Paisey

Exercise 2: Metadata Creation

Resource URN Identifier URL Date Digital

Title
BeGemmed and beAmmuletted: Tennyson and those vapid gift books V&A Victorian social life from paintings

Creator

Publisher

Created

Subject
Gift books, annual gift bks.

Description

Rights
U.S copyright protects this text file U.K. copyright protects content & digital images U.K. licensing protected

Format

Type

Journal

http://www.jstor.org/ stable/40002915

Ledbetter, K.

Victorian Poetry

1996

Literary annuals

text/html

text

Website

http://bit.ly/YQBtv9

Victoria and Albert Museum

V&A

2013

2013

Victorian social life

Victorian social life in paintings Furnishing artifact; framed mahogany sofa with brass paw caps, c1830

interactive resource

multimedia

Museum Artifact

Geffrye Museum, London

Regency mahogany sofa

c1830

Regency, mahogany framed sofa

physical object

physical object

2 Relational Table/Schema Resource URN Identifier URL Title Creator Publisher Date Digital Created Subject Description Rights Format Type Qualified Dublin Core Elements Identifier URN Identifier URL Title Creator Publisher Date Date Subject Description Rights Text/html Text

Journal Article: Relational Table to Qualified Dublin Core <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <ci_dc:dc xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:ci_dc="http://mailer.fsu.edu/~bstvilia/schemas/" xmlns:dcterms="http://purl.org/dc/terms/" xmlns:dctype="http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation=" http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/ http://dublincore.org/schemas/xmls/qdc/dc.xsd http://mailer.fsu.edu/~bstvilia/schemas/ http://mailer.fsu.edu/~bstvilia/schemas/ci_dc.xsd http://purl.org/dc/terms http://dublincore.org/schemas/xmls/qdc/dcterms.xsd http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/ http://dublincore.org/schemas/xmls/qdc/dcmitype.xsd"> <dc:identifier>0848 1512</dc:identifier> <dc:identifier>http://www.jstor.org/ stable/40002915</dc:identifier> <dc:title>BeGemmed and beAmmuletted: Tennyson and those vapid gift books</dc:title> <dc:creator>Ledbetter, K.</dc:creator> <dc:publisher>Victorian Poetry</dc:publisher> <dc:date>1996</dc:date> <dc:subject>gift books, annual gift books</dc:subject> <dc:description>literary annuals</dc:description> <dc:rights>U.S. copyright protects this text file</dc:rights> <dc:format>text/html</dc:format> <dc:type>text</dc:type> </ci_dc:dc>

3 Website: XML with Qualified Dublin Core <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <ci_dc:dc xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:ci_dc="http://mailer.fsu.edu/~bstvilia/schemas/" xmlns:dcterms="http://purl.org/dc/terms/" xmlns:dctype="http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation=" http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/ http://dublincore.org/schemas/xmls/qdc/dc.xsd http://mailer.fsu.edu/~bstvilia/schemas/ http://mailer.fsu.edu/~bstvilia/schemas/ci_dc.xsd http://purl.org/dc/terms http://dublincore.org/schemas/xmls/qdc/dcterms.xsd http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/ http://dublincore.org/schemas/xmls/qdc/dcmitype.xsd"> <dc:identifier> Asset ID 81635"</dc:identifier> <dc:identifier>http://www.vam.ac.uk/content/articles/t/a-teachers-resource-victorian-social-lifefrom-paintings/</dc:identifier> <dc:title>Victorian Social Life from Paintings</dc:title> <dc:creator>Victoria and Albert Museum, Online Museum, Web Team, webmaster</dc:creator> <dc:publisher>Victorian and Albert Museum, Cromwell Road, South Kensington, London SW7 2RL</dc:publisher> <dc:date>2013</dc:date> <dc:subject>Victorian Social Life</dc:subject> <dc:description>Victorian social life in paintings. The Victorian and Albert Museum is one of the premier museums for learning about Victorians and Victorian life. This resource describes Victorian life through an introduction to Victorian paintings and the historical context they suggest. </dc:description> <dc:rights>U.K. copyright protects content and digital images</dc:rights> <dc:format>interactive resource</dc:format> <dc:type>multimedia</dc:type> </ci_dc:dc>

Museum Artifact: XML and Qualified Dublin Core <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <ci_dc:dc xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:ci_dc="http://mailer.fsu.edu/~bstvilia/schemas/" xmlns:dcterms="http://purl.org/dc/terms/" xmlns:dctype="http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation=" http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/ http://dublincore.org/schemas/xmls/qdc/dc.xsd http://mailer.fsu.edu/~bstvilia/schemas/ http://mailer.fsu.edu/~bstvilia/schemas/ci_dc.xsd http://purl.org/dc/terms http://dublincore.org/schemas/xmls/qdc/dcterms.xsd http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/ http://dublincore.org/schemas/xmls/qdc/dcmitype.xsd"> <dc:identifier>2/1937</dc:identifier> <dc:identifier>O2033</dc:identifier> <dc:title>Regency Mahogany Sofa</dc:title> <dc:creator>unknown</dc:creator> <dc:publisher>unknown manufacturer</dc:publisher> <dc:date>c.1830</dc:date> <dc:subject>Regency mahogany framed sofa</dc:subject> <dc:description>This is a furnishing artifact described by the Geffrye Museum as a Regency framed mahogany sofa with brass paw caps.</dc:description> <dc:rights>U.K. licensing protected</dc:rights> <dc:format>physical object</dc:format> <dc:type>physical object</dc:type> </ci_dc:dc>

5 Relational Table to MODS Relational Table/Schema Resource Identifier Resource Identifier Title MODS Element: <identifier> Attribute: <type> Element: <identifier> Attribute: <type> Element: <titleInfo> Sub-element: <title> Element: <name> Sub-element: <namePart> Attribute: <type> Sub-element: <namePart> Attribute: <type> Sub-element: <role></roleTerm> Attribute: <type> Element: <originInfo> Sub-element: <publisher> Element: <originInfo> Sub-element: <dateCaptured> Qualifier: <inferred> Element: <originInfo> Sub-element: <dateIssued> Element: <subject> Sub-element: <topic> Attribute: <authority> Sub-element: <topic> Attribute: <authority> Element: <abstract>

Creator

Publisher Date Digital Created

Subject

Description Rights

Format

Element: <accessCondition> Element: <accessCondition> Attribute: <type> Element: <physicalDescription> Sub-element: <form> Attribute: <authority> Sub-element: <form> Attribute: <authority> Sub-element: <extent> Element: <typeOfResource>

Type

6 Journal Article: XML MODS <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <mods xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" version="3.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3 http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/v3/mods3-4.xsd"> <identifier type="ISSN">0848 1512</identifier> <identifier type="uri">http://www.jstor.org/ stable/40002915</identifier> <titleInfo> <title>>BeGemmed and beAmmuletted: Tennyson and those vapid gift books</title> </titleInfo> <name> <namePart type="family">Ledbetter</namePart> <namePart type="given">K.</namePart> <role> <roleTerm type="text">creator</roleTerm> <roleTerm type="code">cre</roleTerm> </role> </name> <originInfo> <publisher>Victorian Poetry</publisher> <dateIssued>1996</dateIssued> <dateCaptured qualifier="inferred">1996</dateCaptured> </originInfo> <subject> <topic authority="att">gift book</topic> <topic authority="att">annual gift books</topic> </subject> <abstract>This journal article describes the nature of Victorian gift books, identifies some of the most noted contributors to them and discusses Tennyson's general disdain for them despite his continuing contributions to them. </abstract> <accessCondition>U.S. copyright protects this text file. </accessCondition> <accessCondition type="use and reproduction">Use and reproduction is protected by copyright and fair use terms. All use and reproduction of this document is allowed only for noncommercial purposes with the stipulation that this source will be acknowledged. </accessCondition> <physicalDescription> <form authority="marcform">periodical</form> <form authority="marcform">electronic</form> <extent>11 p.</extent> </physicalDescription> <typeOfResource>text</typeOfResource> </mods>

7 Website: XML MODS <mods xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" version="3.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3 http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/v3/mods-3-4.xsd"> <identifier type="content">Asset ID 81635</identifier> <identifier type="url">http://www.vam.ac.uk/content/articles/t/a-teachers-resource-victoriansocial-life-from-paintings/</identifier> <titleInfo> <title>>Victorian Social Life from Paintings</title> </titleInfo> <name> <namePart type="given">Victoria and Albert Museum</namePart> <role> <roleTerm type="text">creator</roleTerm> <roleTerm type="code">cre</roleTerm> </role> </name> <originInfo> <publisher>Victoria and Albert Museum</publisher> <place> <placeTerm>London, England</placeTerm> </place> <dateCreated>2005</dateCreated> <dateModified>2013</dateModified> <dateIssued>2013</dateIssued> <dateCaptured qualifier="inferred">2013</dateCaptured> </originInfo> <subject> <topic>Victorian Social Life</topic> </subject> <abstract>This website, part of the Victoria and Albert Museum, online, furnishes teaching and learning materials on Victorian social life. Through the use of noted paintings, social life is inferred. Classroom and study guides are featured.</abstract> <accessCondition>U.K. copyright protects content and digital images</accessCondition> <accessCondition type="use and reproduction">Use and reproduction is protected by copyright and fair use terms. All use and reproduction of this document is allowed only for noncommercial purposes with the stipulation that this source will be acknowledged.</accessCondition> <physicalDescription> <form>website</form> <form authority="marcform">electronic</form> </physicalDescription> <typeOfResource>software, multimedia</typeOfResource> </mods>

8 Artifact: XML MODS <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <mods xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" version="3.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3 http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/v3/mods-3-4.xsd"> <identifier type="ID" displayLabel="2/1937"></identifier> <titleInfo> <title>>Regency Mahogany Sofa</title> </titleInfo> <name> <namePart type="given">unknown</namePart> <role> <roleTerm type="text">creator</roleTerm> <roleTerm type="code">cre</roleTerm> </role> </name> <originInfo> <publisher>unknown manufacturer</publisher> <place> <placeTerm authority="marccountry">enk</placeTerm> </place> <dateCreated qualifier="inferred">c.1830</dateCreated> </originInfo> <subject authority="att"> <topic>Regency mahogany framed sofa</topic> </subject> <abstract>This artifact, located in the Geffrye Museum, London, England, typifies early Victorian middle class drawing room furniture. Gift books would have been exchanged among this social population.</abstract> <accessCondition>U.K. copyright protects content and digital images</accessCondition> <physicalDescription> <form authority="att">furnishings, framed sofa</form> <extent>90 x 222 64 cm.</extent> </physicalDescription> <typeOfResource>three dimensional object</typeOfResource> </mods>

9 Relational Table/Schema Resource URN CDWA Lite Element: <resourceWrap> Sub-element: <resourceSet> Attribute: <type> Sub-element: <resourceID> Attribute: <type> Element: <resourceWrap> Sub-element: <resourceSet> Attribute: <type> Sub-element: <resourceID> Sub-element: <linkResource> Element: <titleWrap> Sub-element: <titleSet> Sub-element: <title> Sub-element: <sourceTitle> Element: <displayCreator> Element: <indexingCreatorWrap> Sub-element: <indexingCreatorSet> Sub-element: <nameCreatorSet> Sub-element: <nameCreator> Sub-element: <nationalityCreator> Sub-element: <roleCreator> Qualifier: <attributionQualifierCreator> Element: <resourceWrap> Sub-element: <resourceSet> Sub-element: <rightsResource> Element: <resourceWrapper> Element: <displayCreationDate> Element: <displayCreationDate> Element: <subjectTerm> Attribute: <conceptTerm> Element: <subjectTerm> Attribute: <conceptTerm> Element: <descriptiveNoteWrap> Sub-element: <descriptiveNoteSet> Sub-element: <descriptiveNote> Element: <administrativeMetadata> Sub-element: <rightsWork> Element: <recordWrap> Sub-element: <recordID> Sub-element: <recordType> Element: <displayMeasurementsWrap> Sub-element: <classificationTermSource> Attribute: <termsource> Element: <objectWorkWrapper> Element: <objectWorkType> Attribute: <termsource>

Identifier URL

Title

Creator

Publisher Date Digital Created Subject

Description

Rights

Format Type

10 Manuscript (Journal article) XML CDWA <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <cdwalite xmlns="http://www.getty.edu/CDWA/CDWALite" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.getty.edu/CDWA/CDWALite http://www.getty.edu/CDWA/CDWALite/CDWALite-xsd-public-v1-1.xsd"> <descriptiveMetadata> <objectWorkTypeWrap> <objectWorkType xmlns:cd="http://www.getty.edu/CDWA/CDWALite" cd:termsourceID="CDWA">manuscript</objectWorkType> </objectWorkTypeWrap> <titleWrap> <titleSet> <title>"BeGemmed and BeAmuletted": Tennyson and those vapid gift books</title> <sourceTitle>Victorian Poetry</sourceTitle> </titleSet> </titleWrap> <displayCreator>K. Ledbetter</displayCreator> <indexingCreatorWrap> <indexingCreatorSet> <nameCreatorSet> <nameCreator>K. Ledbetter</nameCreator> </nameCreatorSet> <nationalityCreator>probably British, 1830</nationalityCreator> <roleCreator>author</roleCreator> <roleCreator xmlns:cd="http://www.getty.edu/CDWA/CDWALite" cd:termsource="att">author</roleCreator> </indexingCreatorSet> </indexingCreatorWrap> <displayMaterialsTech>electronic file</displayMaterialsTech> <displayCreationDate>indicated as 1996</displayCreationDate> <indexingDatesWrap> <indexingDatesSet> <earliestDate>1995</earliestDate> <latestDate>1997</latestDate> </indexingDatesSet> </indexingDatesWrap> <locationWrap> <locationSet> <locationName>JsTOR database</locationName> <workID>http://www.jstor.org/ stable/40002915 </workID> </locationSet> </locationWrap> <indexingSubjectWrap> <indexingSubjectSet>

11 <subjectTerm>gift books, annual gift books</subjectTerm> </indexingSubjectSet> </indexingSubjectWrap> </descriptiveMetadata> <administrativeMetadata> <rightsWork> U. S. copyright protects this text file. </rightsWork> <recordWrap> <recordID>Victorian Poetry</recordID> <recordType>item</recordType> </recordWrap> </administrativeMetadata> </cdwalite>

12 Website: XML CDWA <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <cdwalite xmlns="http://www.getty.edu/CDWA/CDWALite" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.getty.edu/CDWA/CDWALite http://www.getty.edu/CDWA/CDWALite/CDWALite-xsd-public-v1-1.xsd"> <descriptiveMetadata> <objectWorkTypeWrap> <objectWorkType xmlns:cd="http://www.getty.edu/CDWA/CDWALite" cd:termsourceID="att">web sites</objectWorkType> <objectWorkType xmlns:cd="http://www.getty.edu/CDWA/CDWALite" cd:termsource="att">teaching</objectWorkType> <objectWorkType xmlns:cd="http://www.getty.edu/CDWA/CDWALite" cd:termsource="att">educating</objectWorkType> </objectWorkTypeWrap> <titleWrap> <titleSet> <title>V &amp; A: Victorian Social Life from Paintings</title> <sourceTitle>Geffrye Museum</sourceTitle> </titleSet> </titleWrap> <displayCreator>Victoria and Albert Museum, Online Museum, webmaster</displayCreator> <indexingCreatorWrap> <indexingCreatorSet> <nameCreatorSet> <nameCreator xmlns:cd="http://www.getty.edu/CDWA/CDWALite" cd:type="corporateName">Victoria and Albert Museum, Online Museum, webmaster</nameCreator> </nameCreatorSet> <roleCreator>web developer</roleCreator> <roleCreator xmlns:cd="http://www.getty.edu/CDWA/CDWALite" cd:termsource="att">Web Design</roleCreator> </indexingCreatorSet> </indexingCreatorWrap> <indexingMeasurementsWrap> <indexingMeasurementsSet> <formatMeasurements>This is an electronic text of one page with links to external resources.</formatMeasurements> </indexingMeasurementsSet> </indexingMeasurementsWrap> <displayMaterialsTech> media</displayMaterialsTech> <displayCreationDate>initally designed and written in 2005, modified and re-displayed in 2013</displayCreationDate> <indexingDatesWrap> <indexingDatesSet> <earliestDate>2005</earliestDate>

13 <latestDate>2013</latestDate> </indexingDatesSet> </indexingDatesWrap> <locationWrap> <locationSet> <locationName>Victoria and Albert Museum, London, England</locationName> <workID>Asset ID 81635</workID> </locationSet> </locationWrap> <indexingSubjectWrap> <indexingSubjectSet xmlns:cd="http://www.getty.edu/CDWA/CDWALite" cd:type="Victorian Life"></indexingSubjectSet> </indexingSubjectWrap> </descriptiveMetadata> <administrativeMetadata> <rightsWork> Rights stipulated by UK Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 as amended and revised. </rightsWork> <recordWrap> <recordID>81635</recordID> <recordType>item</recordType> </recordWrap> </administrativeMetadata> </cdwalite>

14 Physical Artifact: CDWA XML Tagging <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <cdwalite xmlns="http://www.getty.edu/CDWA/CDWALite" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.getty.edu/CDWA/CDWALite http://www.getty.edu/CDWA/CDWALite/CDWALite-xsd-public-v1-1.xsd"> <descriptiveMetadata> <objectWorkTypeWrap> <objectWorkType xmlns:cd="http://www.getty.edu/CDWA/CDWALite" cd:termsourceID="att">furnishings</objectWorkType> <objectWorkType xmlns:cd="http://www.getty.edu/CDWA/CDWALite" cd:termsource="att">settee</objectWorkType> <objectWorkType xmlns:cd="http://www.getty.edu/CDWA/CDWALite" cd:termsourceID="Geffrye Museum">framed mahogany sofa with sabre legs and brass paw shaped canisters</objectWorkType> </objectWorkTypeWrap> <titleWrap> <titleSet> <title>Regency mahogany sofa</title> <sourceTitle>Geffrye Museum</sourceTitle> </titleSet> </titleWrap> <displayCreator>unknown</displayCreator> <indexingCreatorWrap> <indexingCreatorSet> <nameCreatorSet> <nameCreator>unknown name of creator</nameCreator> </nameCreatorSet> <nationalityCreator>probably British, 1830</nationalityCreator> <roleCreator>furniture manufacturer</roleCreator> <roleCreator xmlns:cd="http://www.getty.edu/CDWA/CDWALite" c d:termsource="att">upolsterer</roleCreator> <roleCreator xmlns:cd="http://www.getty.edu/CDWA/CDWALite" cd:termsourceID="att">woodworker</roleCreator> <attributionQualifierCreator>attributed to an English manufacturer, suggesting that this item was probably the work of an English manufacturer and of several craftsmen. The source of the design, materials, and workmanship are not stated.</attributionQualifierCreator> </indexingCreatorSet> </indexingCreatorWrap> <indexingMeasurementsWrap> <indexingMeasurementsSet> <measurementsSet xmlns:cd="http://www.getty.edu/CDWA/CDWALite" cd:value="90" cd:unit="cm" cd:type="height"/> <measurementsSet xmlns:cd="http://www.getty.edu/CDWA/CDWALite" cd:value="222" cd:unit="cm" cd:type="width"/> <measurementsSet xmlns:cd="http://www.getty.edu/CDWA/CDWALite" cd:value="64"

15 cd:unit="cm" cd:type="depth"/> </indexingMeasurementsSet> </indexingMeasurementsWrap> <displayMaterialsTech> mahogany frame with royal blue silk upolstery and brass canisters</displayMaterialsTech> <displayCreationDate>original sofa</displayCreationDate> <indexingDatesWrap> <indexingDatesSet> <earliestDate>1714</earliestDate> <latestDate>1837</latestDate> </indexingDatesSet> </indexingDatesWrap> <locationWrap> <locationSet> <locationName>Geffrye Museum, London, England</locationName> <workID>2/1937</workID> </locationSet> </locationWrap> <indexingSubjectWrap> <indexingSubjectSet> <subjectTerm>settee</subjectTerm> </indexingSubjectSet> </indexingSubjectWrap> <classWrap> <classification xmlns:cd="http://www.getty.edu/CDWA/CDWALite" cd:termsource="att">furniture </classification> </classWrap> </descriptiveMetadata> <administrativeMetadata> <rightsWork> Rights @Geffye Museum, London, England. </rightsWork> <recordWrap> <recordID>2/1937</recordID> <recordType>item</recordType> </recordWrap> </administrativeMetadata> </cdwalite>

16 Discussion The initial issue involved deciding on which descriptive metadata schemas would provide an efficient, descriptive, and potentially interoperable framework for the users identified and the objects selected. The notion of efficient included how widespread a schema is used, how well I understood or could implement the schema, and how well a schema would support requisite functions such as resource discovery and descriptive granularity. Dublin Core was a straightforward decision. Its use is widespread; its simplicity fosters interoperability and data exchange and it also supports the four user tasks in FRBR: find, identify, select, and obtain. In addition, it maps to UNIMARC, albeit in a dumbed down way. Moreover, it describes both digital and physical objects in a clear-cut, structured, though again, imprecise way. That said I felt uncertain about how to best implement the use of DC qualifiers. For example, with the two identifiers I initially established a URN and a URL I wanted to identify exactly what type of URN I was using. The journal article URN is an ISSN and, while I think including a DC qualifier is basic, I felt hesitant. The same issue came up with the creator element and the website, I wanted to identify the type of creator in this case it was corporate but, I felt hesitant. CDWA Lite allowed for the attribute of a corporate creator in an uncomplicated way. Nonetheless, despite these blips, further support for Dublin Core came in examining the header on the Victoria and Albert Museum webpage header. This leading museum used Dublin Core descriptive metadata. MODS was also a relatively simple decision. MODS can translate Dublin Core, but it offers more options for granularity. I did find that each resource the journal article, website, and physical artifact required varied or different sub-elements. So, I used elements and sub-elements accordingly. For example, in the MODS schema, there is a lot of nuance furnished in core origin sub-elements and attributes for each resource the journal, website, and artifact. This is useful when the website source information states the date it was initially created, modified, and issued. Then, given that information,

17 one can infer an approximate date when images were captured. I also liked using authority data values provided by the Art and Architecture Thesaurus (ATT) and MARC form values. So, Dublin Core and MODS were two schema options that I felt sure would be appropriate. One offers simplicity and flexibility; the other is more complex, offering more granularity. However, given the gamut of schemas, MODS remains practical and usable. However, neither Dublin Core nor MODS provided a framework to describe art of any form with detail that would be necessary to scholarly users or educational endeavors. The idea of describing the physical museum object a Regency sofa raised a lot of issues with both Dublin Core and MODS. Each would certainly provide a framework for basic description and resource discovery, but neither would offer sufficient information that a scholar may need. So, while I examined the strengths and desirability of using PREMIS, I needed a descriptive framework for works of art. CDWA Lite offered elements, sub-elements, and attributes for fine distinctions. I particularly liked its support of rare books as art and the inclusion of elements and sub-elements for detailed distinctions among editions, copies, and variants. I also liked its requirement for administrative metadata. Of course, the downside of CDWA is its complexity. But, the Getty offers ample and detailed documentation on this schema as well as providing examples for the implementation of each element and sub-element. So, for those whose needs require sensitive descriptive information on a work of art, CDWA has a lot of power, but necessitates thorough thought and knowledge of a resource or object. Each schema implemented revealed both its strengths and weaknesses. If only one schema were feasible, I would continue to use Dublin Core. Its simplicity, usability, and flexibility all contribute to interoperable data exchange and resource discovery. However, I also think these very strengths become its weaknesses. Dublin Core elements cast a wide net, and in doing so, can minimize both precision and recall.

18 References Daum, Berthold & Urdo Merton. (2003). System Architecture: XML. New York. Morgan Kaufman. Greenberg, J. (2012). Understanding Metadata and Metadata Schemes. In R. Smiraglia (Ed.), Metadata: A cataloger's primer. New York: Routledge. J. Paul Getty Trust. (2006). CDWA Lite: Specification for an XML Schema for Contributing Records via the OAI Harvestng Protocol (pp. 33). Los Angelos: J. Paul Getty Trust.