Fedora Metadata The Basics 9/9/2008
Mini Glossary Fedora: ‘ Flexible Extensible Digital Repository Object Architecture;’ asset repository, metadata architecture DC: ‘ Dublin Core;’ metadata set to facilitate resource discovery METS: ‘Metadata Encoding & Transmission Standard;’ for descriptive, administrative, structural metadata MODS: ‘Metadata Object Description’; MARC-lite in XML format FOXML: ‘Fedora Object XML’; XML format for object ingest & export
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FOXML Segments OBJECT PROPERTIES –Object Label, Owner, Date Created, Date Modified DATASTREAMS –DC: Dublin Core Unqualified (OAI_DC) –RELS-EXT: Object-to-Object Relationships (RDF) –E: Externally Referenced Content –R: Redirected Referenced Content –M: Managed Content –X: Inlined XML Content (Additional Metadata)
FOXML Reference Sample commons.org/confluence/download/attachments/ /foxml_reference_example.xml?version=1
Fedora Metadata ‘Philosophies’ Indiana documentation Fedora Book Object SchematicFedora Book Object Schematic
Schematic of Archival Audio Object /projects/metadata/fedora/presentation/mo dels1.htmlhttp:// /projects/metadata/fedora/presentation/mo dels1.html
Challenges Understanding Fedora options Understanding the functional requirements Fedora metadata needs to support Defining core set of default elements for all objects deposited in CUL/IS Asset Repository Defining Fedora Object Models for various digital asset types Defining relationship of Fedora metadata to other local and remote metadata repositories