New OAI-PMH/OAI-ORE client package available
The National Library of Sweden has released OAI4J, a Java library (available under the Apache License) that implements a client API for the OAI-PMH standard specification from the Open Archives...
View ArticlePREMIS 2.0 available
Major changes in the PREMIS 2.0 data dictionary include expanded rights metadata, more extensive significant properties and preservation level information, and a mechanism for extensibility for a...
View ArticleA metadata tool that scales
Will Sexton, Metadata Analyst / Programmer at Duke University Libraries has posted an interesting item on his blog that identifies some "Digitization and Description use cases". People evaluating or...
View ArticleOpen Archives Initiative Object Reuse and Exchange specifications released
The "production" version of the Open Archives Initiative Object Reuse and Exchange (OAI-ORE) specification is now available. See the press release for more information.
View ArticleJHOVE2
The popular JHOVE application, which performs format-specific identification, validation, and characterization of digital objects, is evolving into a second generation, thanks to funding from the...
View ArticleNew blog: Metadata Matters
Metadata Matters is a new blog by Diane Hillmann and Jon Phipps. Definately worth subscribing to if you work with metadata for networked resources.
View ArticleBrooklyn Museum releases their Collection API
Like the New Zealand National Library before them, Brooklyn Museum has opened up access to their collections via a Collection API. This is very exciting, as it lays the groundwork for multicollection...
View ArticlePublic Comment: TEI Text Encoding in Libraries: Guidelines for Best Encoding...
The draft of the revised Guidelines for Best Encoding Practices (version 3.0) are open for public comment from April 22, 2009 to May 6, 2009.
View ArticleInteroperability Levels for Dublin Core Metadata published as DCMI...
This recommendation"discusses modeling choices involved in designing metadata applications for different types of interoperability. At Level 1, applications use data components with shared...
View ArticleLibrary of Congress releases Metadata for Digital Content (MDC) specifications
As part of an effort to integrate the metadata created for their digitized collections, the Library of Congress has published two specifications under the general rubric of Metadata for Digital Content...
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