The Open Metadata Registry DC 2001 Harry Wagner DCMI / OCLC
The Open Metadata Registry Prototype URL is listed on Registry WG page 2 prototypes Purpose: –Facilitate the functional requirements phase –Identify practical solutions 6 languages currently supported
The Open Metadata Registry Java Solutions –Internal string representation is UTF-8 –Rich multilingual API Xalan / Xerces XML Parser XSLT Encoding (UI & Data) is UTF-8
The Open Metadata Registry Prototype 1 Database solution Based on EOR & PostgreSQL Forms-based UI Complex solution / Resource intensive Multilingual Issues: –Collating –Searching –Detection of Text Boundaries
The Open Metadata Registry Prototype 2 Java Servlet solution Point & Click navigation style UI Lightweight solution Utilizes browser internal search function Flexible