Week 7: Metadata II

Summary

This week we will learn about controlled vocabularies and how they relate to metadata. We will also continue talking about interoperability and metadata.

Weekly Learning Objectives

• Define what a controlled vocabulary is
• Explain what problems with information retrieval and organization a controlled vocabulary solves
• Identify relevant controlled vocabularies and data value standards for a given item.
• Identify relevant controlled vocabularies and data value standards for your CollectionBuilder project

Before class: Readings, resources, and tasks

Controlled Vocabularies

• Miller, S. J. (2022) Metadata for Digital Collections, 2nd ed., Ch. 6 “Controlled Vocabularies for Improved Resource Discovery” (pp. 165-186)

Read the Wikipedia page for all the Getty vocabularies below, and then explore at least one in more detail by reading the Getty “About” and “FAQ” pages and using the online search interface.

AAT

• Art and Architecture Thesaurus. Wikipedia.
• About the AAT. J. Paul Getty Trust.
• ATT: Frequently Asked Questions. J. Paul Getty Trust.

TGN

• Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names. Wikipedia.
• About the TGN. J. Paul Getty Trust.
• TGN: Frequently Asked Questions. J. Paul Getty Trust.

ULAN

• Union List of Artist Names. Wikipedia.
• About the ULAN. J. Paul Getty Trust.
• ULAN: Frequently Asked Questions. J. Paul Getty Trust.

Interoperability and OAI-PMH

• Witten, et al. (2009). Ch. 7 Interoperability: Protocols and Services. How to Build a Digital Library. only pp. 343-354.
• Pomerantz, Jeffery. Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting (OAI-PMH)
• Research Data Netherlands. Persistent Identifiers and Data Citation Explained
• Persistent Identifers

In class

• slides
• Questions on project proposals
• Questions on upcoming metadata assignment
• Controlled vocabulary lab