The JISC IE Metadata Schema Registry

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The JISC IE Metadata Schema Registry British
Library, Boston Spa 20 June 2006 Oliver
Greening, Consultant Emma Tonkin, UKOLN Damian
Steer, ILRT
UKOLN is supported by
www.bath.ac.uk
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Agenda

• Introductions
• Background
• Demonstration discussion

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Metadata Schema Registry

• Application that provides services based on
  information about "metadata terms" (and related
  resources)
• "Metadata term" "unit of meaning" deployed in
  metadata descriptions
• Functions might include
• Disclosure/discovery of information about "terms"
• Verification of provenance/status of "terms"
• Discovery of relationships between "terms"
• support for mapping, inferencing
• Pointers to related resources
• usage in metadata application profiles,
  guidelines for use, bindings
• Support for services to human readers, software
  agents

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IEMSR project

• Funded under JISC Shared Services programme
• Phase 1 Jan 2004 July 2005
• Phase 2 Sep 2005 Sep 2006
• Project partners
• UKOLN, University of Bath
• ILRT, University of Bristol
• CETIS, Becta as "contributing partners"
• Building on previous work in MEG Registry Project
  (JISC/Becta), CORES (European Commission)

http//www.ukoln.ac.uk/projects/iemsr/
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IEMSR project

• Primary outputs
• Description of requirements
• Models for metadata application profiles
• Pilot metadata schema registry service
• Pilot Web site
• Data creation tool(s) for DC LOM implementers
  (plus documentation)
• Open-source software
• Recommendations re policy framework

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IEMSR project

• Benefits
• Consistency in creating APs
• Collaboration between LOM and DC communities
• Wider access to/re-use of existing solutions
• Reduced duplication of developer effort
• Improved interoperability between applications

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IEMSR example use scenarios

• Metadata creation tool accesses machine-readable
  description of selected application profile
• Presentation service requires information on
  selected application profile
• Content provision service provider discloses
  application profile
• Metadata schema developer explores/(re-) uses
  existing implementation choices
• Researcher surveys existing usage of metadata
  standards

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IEMSR basic architecture
IEMSRRegistry Server
API
data
query
response
results
IEMSR Web Site
IEMSR Data Creation Tool