DSpace Updates 3/26/19

Created by Gabe Galson
Last updated: Mar 26, 2019
1 min read

While some loose ends are still being tied up, the IR Metadata team is very close to finalizing its first round of deliverables. Thank you to IR Metadata group chair @Rachel Appel (Unlicensed) as well as group members @Jasmine Clark @Matthew Ducmanas @Stefanie Ramsay (Unlicensed) @Holly Tomren and @Leanne Finnigan (Unlicensed) for all the work you’ve put into this!

These deliverables include, but aren’t limited to:

  • A Metadata Application Profile (MAP).

  • A defined syntax for each field in our Institutional Repository

  • Clearly defined controlled vocabularies for those fields that need them.

  • Crosswalks into DSpace from ProQuest ETD Administrator, Symplectic Elements, and CONTENTdm

Let’s take a closer look at just one of these deliverables, the MAP. Below we have the entry for just one field --Contributor (committee member) – as it’s described in the MAP:

Field Label

Contributor (committee member)

Status

Optional

Hidden/Visible

Visible

Description

A person on the committee for the creation of the item. Used primarily for dissertation committee members.

Source of Information

Item or submitter

Simple DC Element

dc:contributor

Qualified DC Element

dcterms:contributor

DSpace Element

dc.contributor.committeemember

Repeatable

Yes

CV

LCNAF when available

Syntax

  • [LastName], [FirstName] for personal names

  • Include middle name or middle initial if relevant

May differ if LCNAF standard name

Notes and Best Practices

  • Recommend using the established form of names as found in the LCNAF when available

Examples

  • Farias, Anna Maria, 1952-

  • Hecht, Amy S. W.

  • Agbenyega, Emily Tancredi-Brice

It is wonderful to have the standards for each field defined in such detail. Once a 1.0 version of the MAP is finalized it will be made publicly available through Confluence.