1. www.monash.edu.au AGIMO 6 March 2006 Investigating metadata interoperability in the Clever Recordkeeping Metadata Project

2. www.monash.edu.au 2 Imagining automated metadata re-use Consumer Registry Finds service Service Descriptions Points to description Translation Service Describes service Locate service Exchange messages Source: Based on diagram from http://www.softstar-inc.com /

3. www.monash.edu.au 3 Clever Recordkeeping Metadata Project Chief Investigator Professor Sue McKemmish, Monash University Partner Investigators Professor Anne Gilliland-Swetland, UCLA Adrian Cunningham, National Archives of Australia Industry Partners and Collaborators National Archives of Australia State Records Authority of New South Wales Australia Society of Archivists, Committee on Descriptive Standards

4. www.monash.edu.au 4 Create once, use many times How to enable recordkeeping metadata interoperability? Practical Perspectives Overcome barriers to implementation of recordkeeping and resource discovery standards Demonstrate the business case for recordkeeping metadata Research Perspectives Explore role of recordkeeping metadata in support of business and recordkeeping processes Impact on recordkeeping and archiving functions Requirements for meta-tools for recordkeeping metadata management

5. www.monash.edu.au 5 Web Management System Traditional recordkeeping architectures Records Management Application Archival Management Application Subject Portals Community Archives Archival Gateways Business Systems Desktop Applications Email

6. www.monash.edu.au 6 Recordkeeping metadata brokering Records Management Application Archival Management Application Subject Portals Community Archives Web Management Systems Archival Gateways Email and Desktop Applications Metadata Broker Business Information Systems

7. www.monash.edu.au 7 Recordkeeping metadata brokering (cont.) Records Management Application Archival Management Application Subject Portals Community Archives Web Management Systems Archival Gateways Email and Desktop Applications Metadata Broker Business Information Systems

8. www.monash.edu.au 8 Service oriented architectures Open systemsOpen standards Open communication protocols Service Oriented Architecture StandardsMetadata

9. www.monash.edu.au 9 Layers of interoperability Layer 1 Transport and Exchange From: Thomas Baker et al., Principles of Metadata Registries, 2002 Layer 2 Representation e.g. XML, RDF, etc. Layer 3 Abstract e.g. Recordkeeping metadata standards

10. www.monash.edu.au 10 Layer 3 Abstract Layers of interoperability Layer 2 Representation Conceptual Model Metadata/Data Standard Metadata/Data Standard Metadata/Data Standard Version 1 Encoding 1 Version 2Version n Encoding 2Encoding n Version 1Version 2Version n

11. www.monash.edu.au 11 Web services technologies Consumer UDDI Registry Finds service WSDL Service Descriptions Points to description Service Describes service Locate service Exchange messages - SOAP Source: http://java.sun.com/developer/technicalArticles/WebServices/soa2/WSProtocols.html Source: http://java.sun.com/developer/technicalArticles/WebServices/soa2/fig4_uddi_schema.gif Source: Based on diagram from http://www.softstar-inc.com /

12. www.monash.edu.au 12 Translation service CRKM Metadata Broker November 2005 Registry Authoritative information on metadata schemas, metadata elements and crosswalks in human readable and machine processable forms Target metadata Request for Schema Schema information Registration Source metadata Validation service Crosswalk compilation service Repository Machine processable representations of metadata schemas and crosswalks Registry services

13. www.monash.edu.au 13 Metadata broker as web services cluster Translation Service Web Service Layer Intranet Metadata Registry Web Service Layer AGEMS Request to translate AGEMS to RKMSCA AGEMS – RKMSCA Crosswalk Service Web Service Layer Metadata Broker Client Request the AGEMS – RKMSCA crosswalk RKMSCA

14. www.monash.edu.au 14 Metadata broker as web services cluster Translation Service Web Service Layer Metadata Registry Web Service Layer Request to translate RKMSCA to AGLS RKMSCA - AGLS Crosswalk Service Web Service Layer Metadata Broker Client Request the RKMSCA - AGLS crosswalk AGLS RKMSCA

15. www.monash.edu.au 15 Layer 3 Abstract Layers of interoperability Layer 2 Representation Conceptual Model Metadata/Data Standard Metadata/Data Standard Metadata/Data Standard Version 1 Encoding 1 Version 2Version n Encoding 2Encoding n Version 1Version 2Version n

16. www.monash.edu.au 16 For more information See the Clever Recordkeeping Metadata Project web site at:- http://www.sims.monash.edu.au/ research/rcrg/research/crm/index.htmlhttp://www.sims.monash.edu.au/ research/rcrg/research/crm/index.html