1. Fedora Metadata
The Basics 9/9/2008

2. 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

3. FOXML
<digitalObject PID="uniqueID"> <!-- there are a set of core object properties --> <objectProperties> <property/> <property/> ... </objectProperties> <!-- there can be zero or more datastreams --> <datastream> <datastreamVersion/>
<datastreamVersion/> ... </datastream>
</digitalObject>

4. FOXML Segments OBJECT PROPERTIES DATASTREAMS
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)

5. FOXML Reference Sample

6. Fedora Metadata ‘Philosophies’
Indiana documentation
Fedora Book Object Schematic

7. Schematic of Archival Audio Object

8. 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