We have a Metadata Working Group session scheduled for today, Friday, January 20th from 1 to 2:30 PM In Uris Library B05 Classroom.
This working session will focus on Metadata Application Profiles. We will first spend some time exploring what they are, how they are specified, and what purposes they serve. Then we will break into a working period where participants can write, update, or get help with their own metadata application profiles. This work will then be captured in the Metadata Working Group wiki, serving as an effort to support more shared understanding and interoperability among the many different metadata stores, needs, and methods used in the Cornell University Library systems.
Want to know more about what Metadata Application Profiles are before arriving? Wikipedia gives a decent stub on the topic: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Application_profile Metadata Application Profiles are metadata specifications attached (sometimes loosely, sometimes tightly) to a particular application - datastore, repository, management system, discovery indexing layer, or other. It helps communicate expectations and opportunities for cross-collaboration. It helps connect implementations to desired models and standards, as well as document where we need to diverge from community standards.
Metadata Application Profiles can touch on descriptive, technical, administrative, structural or other (or a mix of all of the above) metadata. A popular metadata application profile example is the Digital Public Library of America Profile: https://dp.la/info/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/MAPv4.pdf which has a machine-actionable representation here: https://github.com/dpla/dpla_map
Participants only need to bring with them some curiosity on the topic, though we hope you will bring a particular example of either a metadata application profile you’d like to improve, or a workflow/system/application you’d like to generate a metadata application for. We’ll provide you with the concept, a starter metadata application profile template, examples, and guidance.
Due to the working nature of this session, we will not be recording or streaming this via Webex/Zoom, but we will aim to capture outputs and discussion points (including a list of resources) in the Metadata Working Group public wiki - see the Working Documents here: MWG Working Documents
This meeting is open to everyone. Although is not a required pre-requisite for the day-long training in February, it is strongly recommended for those less familiarity on the subject.