DocumentCode
396089
Title
A quantitative analysis of unqualified Dublin Core Metadata Element Set usage within data providers registered with the Open Archives Initiative
Author
Ward, Jewel
Author_Institution
Sch. of Inf. & Libr. Sci., North Carolina Univ., Chapel Hill, NC, USA
fYear
2003
fDate
27-31 May 2003
Firstpage
315
Lastpage
317
Abstract
This research describes an empirical study of how the unqualified Dublin core metadata element set (DC or DCMES) is used by 100 data providers (DPs) registered with the Open Archives Initiative (OAI). The research was conducted to determine whether or not the DCMES is used to its full capabilities. Eighty-two of 100 DPs have metadata records available for analysis. DCMES usage varies by type of DP. The average number of Dublin core elements per record is eight, with an average of 91,785 Dublin core elements in each DP. Five of the 15 elements of the DCMES are used 71% of the time. The results show the unqualified DCMES is not used to its fullest extent within DPs registered with the OAI.
Keywords
digital libraries; meta data; open systems; protocols; OAI; Open Archives Initiative; data provider; metadata record; quantitative analysis; unqualified Dublin Core Metadata Element Set; Information analysis; Pattern analysis; Protocols; Radio access networks; Software libraries;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Digital Libraries, 2003. Proceedings. 2003 Joint Conference on
Print_ISBN
0-7695-1939-3
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/JCDL.2003.1204883
Filename
1204883
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