Interoperability Between Archival and Bibliographic Metadata : An EAD to MODS Crosswalk

Bountouri, Lina and Gergatsoulis, Manolis Interoperability Between Archival and Bibliographic Metadata : An EAD to MODS Crosswalk. Journal of Library Metadata, 2009, vol. 9, n. 1, pp. 98-133. [Journal article (Paginated)]

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In this article we investigate the problem of semantic interoperability between archival and bibliographic metadata used in digital libraries and repositories. We investigate the semantic relationships between two metadata standards, namely the Encoded Archival Description (EAD) and the Metadata Object Description Schema (MODS). We propose a crosswalk between EAD and MODS consisting of three basic components: (a) a semantic mapping from EAD elements/attributes to MODS elements/attributes, (b) techniques to map the hierarchical structure of the EAD document to MODS, and (c) techniques to retain in MODS the information related to the archival components that is inherited from the descriptions of components of higher hierarchy in the EAD document. This is an electronic version of an article published in Lina Bountouri, Manolis Gergatsoulis. "Interoperability between archival and bibliographic metadata: an EAD to MODS crosswalk", Journal of Library Metadata, Vol. 9, No. 1, pages 98-133, 2009. Journal of Library Metadata is available online at: http://www.informaworld.com and the open URL for this article is http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/content~db=all~content=a914011347~frm=titlelink.

Item type: Journal article (Paginated)
Keywords: Metadata interoperability, EAD, Archival Description, MODS, Bibliographic Metadata, Crosswalks.
Subjects: I. Information treatment for information services > IA. Cataloging, bibliographic control.
H. Information sources, supports, channels. > HC. Archival materials.
I. Information treatment for information services > IE. Data and metadata structures.
Depositing user: Lina Bountouri
Date deposited: 14 Jun 2010
Last modified: 02 Oct 2014 12:17
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10760/14598

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