1. Metadata Frameworks ADN - for online/offline resources
DLESE-IMS - for online resources
Annotation - resource reviews, comments
Collection - collection characteristics
News-Opps - announcements
NSDL-DC - NSDL’s own Dublin Core
OAI-DC - Dublin Core supported by OAI

2. Annotation records Are the gatekeeper to the Reviewed Collection
Are the gatekeeper as to whether library users can read or contribute reviews
Can exist without ADN records
Can only have 1 annotation type per record
Can capture the annotation in the record or send library user to a new site for the anno.

3. Collection records (1) Overall collection characteristics
Provides for DPC tracking of collections (key and metadata format)
Indicates how a collection arrives at the DPC
Is the collection OAI harvestable & the OAI info
Is the collection generated at the DPC
Is the collection ed

4. Collection records (2)
Indicates if/how collections can be redistributed
Info about item-level catalog record #’s
Indicates super/sub/associated collections
Can indicate ADL buckets for a collection
Captures the additional info needed for NSDL
Tracks accessioning and alignment with DLESE collection policies per requirement of the Collections Accessioning Taskforce

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6. Script Processing Order
Illegal characters check
Transform DLESE-IMS to ADN
Validate ADN, Annotation or Collection
Transform & validate ADN to Annotation
Transform ADN to ADN with no cataloger
Transform & validate ADN to NSDL-DC (1x on new
Transform & validate ADN to OAI-DC (1x on new)
Shell script to move records from library prep area to real library

7. Illegal Character Check
Uses a Python (2.0) script (badchars.py) invoked at the command line
Characters greater than Unicode decimal 127 are considered invalid (e.g. ©)
Works on directories of records
Output indicates every record scanned and if bad characters are found, prints the line and line number

8. Transforms Changes metadata formats
Know semantic map between both frameworks before creating XSLT
Uses XSLT 1.0 and Xerces 2.4.1
Uses shell script invoked at the command line
Understand Spy and Xerces are different transformers (design envir. is different than operating envir.)
Output indicates number of transformed records, number successful and remarks

9. Transforms supported (XSLTs)
DLESE-IMS 1.2 to ADN
ADN to OAI-DC
ADN to NSDL-DC 1.01
ADN to ADN cataloger out
Namespace out - suppress record namespaces
Collection specific transforms to create annotation records for various collections
Collection specific transforms to get to ADN

10. Validation Uses XML Schema 1.0 and Xalan 2.4.1
Understand Spy and Xalan are different validators and act differently
Use the metadata framework specified in each metadata record
Uses shell script invoked at the command line
Output gives total number of files scanned, number valid/invalid and invalid remarks

11. Record Locations Harvesting & gathering on several machines
Manipulations: quake: devel/ginger/work/
/adn, /dlese_anno, /collect, /dlese_ims, /adn_catout, /nsdl_dc, /oai
Lib. prep (Idmapper): quake: devel/ginger/records
/adn, /dlese_anno, /collect
Real library: cutterjohn: webroot/records
/adn, /dlese_anno
Note: collection keys needed for subdirectories

12. Info Shared with Collection QA’er
Transform report - tend to be cryptic
Validation report - tend to be cryptic
Illegal character report
Idmapper - link/dups report
All are separate documents