Metadata Development for the SANREM Knowledge Base Conrad Heatwole Biological Systems Engineering Virginia Tech
Overall goal … Provide a structure for organizing, storing, and disseminating materials generated by SANREM – past and future Organize existing resources Provide consistency in cataloging Provide a stable archive Support easier and broader dissemination of SANREM knowledge
Bridging project objectives Develop a metadata template for SANREM Catalog resources from SANREM I & II phases Develop instruction guide for metadata entry
Metadata design goals Long-term value Standard data elements Portable Searchable Standard data elements Standardized vocabulary
Metadata Common metadata… SANREM specific… Title Authors Year published Publisher Keywords Summary/abstract URL …. SANREM specific… Landscape system Project location Language Alternative title Format Type of resource Project ID .…
Developing Metadata template Started with “Dublin Core” Standardized structure and nomenclature for elements: Title, Creator, … Developed initially for common HTML coding Provides longevity to this database Added SANREM-specific elements Followed Dublin Core notation Defined “controlled vocabularies” Landscape systems Keywords
SANREM phase I & II resources Over 900 files … over 2 gigabytes Process Review and select materials to catalog Enter metadata Review and cross-check entries Results: Over 400 items selected and entered Resources stored in the database when available
Project team PIs: Staff: Conrad Heatwole Margaret Merrill (Librarian) Brian Benham Gene Yagow Staff: Melissa Obenhaus (library cataloger) 2 Undergraduate students Graduate student
SANREM I & II resources cataloged Journal Articles (68 records) SANREM Conference Presentations (54 records) Book Chapters (62 records) Books (32 records) Research Briefs (36 records) Proceedings (4 records) Working Papers (29 records) Annual Reports (5 records) Conference Papers (45 records) Conference Presentations (96 records) Theses and Dissertations (6 records) Research Reports (14 records)
Status … Need feedback for refinement Metadata structure defined Input program developed Search/access page developed SANREM I & II materials cataloged Metadata guide developed (Ver.1) … Need feedback for refinement