Guidelines for Mapping to Core Categories for Image Services
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Image Services uses a somewhat simplified implementation of Dublin | Image Services uses a somewhat simplified implementation of Dublin | ||
- | Core. While the [http://purl.oclc.org/dc/ Dublin Core | + | Core. While the [http://purl.oclc.org/dc/ Dublin Core documentation] is informative, the following table may be most |
- | documentation] is informative, the following table may be most | + | |
useful when preparing data for Image Services. | useful when preparing data for Image Services. | ||
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all Image Services databases possible. The collection specific fields | all Image Services databases possible. The collection specific fields | ||
will also be searchable directly in a collection specific search. You | will also be searchable directly in a collection specific search. You | ||
- | may find that it helps to [http://images.umdl.umich.edu/ try | + | may find that it helps to [http://images.umdl.umich.edu/ try some of the other collections] that are online to see how they are |
- | some of the other collections] that are online to see how they are | + | |
mapped. Mappings are viewable by looking at a [http://images.umdl.umich.edu/cgi/i/image/image-idx?type=detail;cc=bhl;entryid=X-bl000308;viewid=1;sstrt=5;hits=27;q1=huron;cat1=All%20Categories;cross=1;thsz=12;txsz=50;slsz=1;med=1;c=bhl detailed record in the cross collection search]. It is also useful to look | mapped. Mappings are viewable by looking at a [http://images.umdl.umich.edu/cgi/i/image/image-idx?type=detail;cc=bhl;entryid=X-bl000308;viewid=1;sstrt=5;hits=27;q1=huron;cat1=All%20Categories;cross=1;thsz=12;txsz=50;slsz=1;med=1;c=bhl detailed record in the cross collection search]. It is also useful to look | ||
at [http://images.umdl.umich.edu/cgi/i/image/image-idx?type=detail;cc=bhl;entryid=X-bl000308;viewid=1;sstrt=1;hits=1;q1=5635;cat1=All%20Categories;thsz=12;txsz=50;slsz=1;med=1;c=bhl detailed records in the collection specific search] to pick up nuances of | at [http://images.umdl.umich.edu/cgi/i/image/image-idx?type=detail;cc=bhl;entryid=X-bl000308;viewid=1;sstrt=1;hits=1;q1=5635;cat1=All%20Categories;thsz=12;txsz=50;slsz=1;med=1;c=bhl detailed records in the collection specific search] to pick up nuances of |
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Main Page > Mounting Collections: Class-specific Steps > Mounting an Image Class Collection > Guidelines for Mapping to Core Categories for Image Services
Disclaimer: The guidelines in this document are somewhat specific to deployment of collections in the Image Services access system at the University of Michigan Digital Library Production Service and should not be considered as a generally applicable interpretation of the Dublin Core.
Image Services uses a somewhat simplified implementation of Dublin Core. While the Dublin Core documentation is informative, the following table may be most useful when preparing data for Image Services.
Keep in mind that databases often have a mix of fields, some that describe the subject matter, and some that describe the physical item. In the case of a photograph of architecture, is the photograph the item or is the architecture the item? The answer to this varies depending on the database (and the curatorial decisions that went into creating the database). At any rate, it is issues like this that make the mapping process interesting and challenging.
Again, the goal is to map database/collection specific fields to the more general Dublin Core fields in order to make searching across all Image Services databases possible. The collection specific fields will also be searchable directly in a collection specific search. You may find that it helps to try some of the other collections that are online to see how they are mapped. Mappings are viewable by looking at a detailed record in the cross collection search. It is also useful to look at detailed records in the collection specific search to pick up nuances of each collection.
Core Category/Field Name |
Types of Collection Specific Fields Commonly Mapped |
Creator |
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Title |
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Description |
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Subject |
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Date |
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Rights |
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Source |
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Publisher |
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Other Categories/Field Names |
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Miscellaneous (not a Core field) |
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Main Entry |
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