FAST: Development of Simplified Headings for Metadata [English version presented at the International Conference] = FAST: La messa a punto di intestazioni semplificate per i metadati [Versione italiana presentata alla Conferenza internazionale]

Dean, Rebecca J. FAST: Development of Simplified Headings for Metadata [English version presented at the International Conference] = FAST: La messa a punto di intestazioni semplificate per i metadati [Versione italiana presentata alla Conferenza internazionale]., 2003 . In International Conference Authority Control: Definition and International Experiences, Florence, February 10-12 2003. (Unpublished) [Conference paper]

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English abstract

The enormous volume and rapid growth of resources available on the World Wide Web as well as the emergence of numerous metadata schemas have spurred a re-examination of the way subject data are provided for Web resources. There is broad agreement that a subject schema for metadata must exhibit both simplicity and interoperability. The FAST project team concluded that the most viable option for a general-purpose metadata subject schema was to adapt LCSH. This new schema, known as FAST (Faceted Application of Subject Terminology), is derived from LCSH but will be applied with a simpler syntax. The objective of the FAST project is to develop a subject-heading schema based on LCSH suitable for metadata that is easy-to-use, understand, and maintain.

Italian abstract

L’enorme massa di risorse disponibili nel World Wide Web e il loro aumento impetuoso, insieme al fiorire di numerosi schemi di metadati, hanno indotto ad un riesame della maniera in cui si dànno informazioni per soggetto sulle risorse web. Esiste un largo consenso sul fatto che uno schema di metadati per soggetto debba essere dotato sia di semplicità che di interoperatività. Il gruppo di lavoro del progetto FAST decise che la via migliore per elaborare uno schema generale di metadati a soggetto era quella di adattare il LCSH. Questo nuovo schema, denominato FAST (Faceted Application of Subject Terminology) è derivato dal LCSH, ma funzionerà con una sintassi semplificata. L'obiettivo del progetto FAST è quello di sviluppare uno schema di soggettario basato sul LCSH adatto ai metadati e che sia facile da usare, capire e mantenere.

Item type:	Conference paper
Keywords:	Subject metadata, controlled vocabularies, facets, authority records Metadati per soggetto, FAST, Faceted Application of Subject Terminology, vocabolari controllati, LCSH, Library of Congress Subject Headings, faccette, MARC21, Dublin Core, registrazioni di autorità
Subjects:	I. Information treatment for information services
Depositing user:	Maria Cristina Bassi
Date deposited:	31 Jul 2003
Last modified:	02 Oct 2014 11:57
URI:	http://hdl.handle.net/10760/4157

References

Chan, Lois Mai, Eric Childress, Rebecca Dean, Edward T. O'Neill, and Diane Vizine-Goetz. 2001. A Faceted Approach to Subject Data in the Dublin Core Metadata Record. Journal of Internet Cataloging 4, No. 1/2: 35-47.

The Future of Subdivisions in the Library of Congress Subject Headings System: Report from the Subject Subdivisions Conference May 9-12, 1991, edited by Martha O’Hara.1992. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, Cataloging Distribution Service.

O’Neill, Edward T., Lois Mai Chan, Eric Childress, Rebecca Dean, Lynn El-Hoshy, Kerre Kammerer, and Diane Vizine-Goetz. [Forthcoming] Form Subdivisions: Their Identification and Use in LCSH. Library Resources & Technical Services 45, No. 4: 187-197.

Subject Data in the Metadata Record Recommendations and Rationale: A Report from the ALCTS/SAC/Subcommittee on Metadata and Subject Analysis. 1999. http://www.govst.edu/users/gddcasey/sac/MetadataReport.html

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