Title Image* Hans Memling with shop assistance, Three Women at the Tomb, Tempera on panel, 49 x 25cm, Flemish, c. 1485?
Metadata (data about data) are used to facilitate and support resource discovery, identification, the organization of resources, and the exchangeability of the data itself as well as the exchangeability of the resource or resources it represents. Metadata also capture and provide important contextual details about a digital object, as not all resources are self-describing.
An example of metadata would be the various information that is available for a book in the library catalogue:
The Omeka Exhibitions module that you will be using is based on the Dublin Core Schema.
The Dublin Core Schema is a set of terms that can be used to describe digital resources such as images, video, web pages, sound, and so on. Dublin Core Schema consists of the 15 original metadata terms, known as the Dublin Core Metadata Element Set. You can read more about this on the Dublin Core Metadata Initiative website.
Relatively speaking, Dublin Core is fairly straightforward to learn and use. For your JHI SiR projects, you will be using and abbreviated version of Dublin Core. Please see the table below for descriptions of the elements, and how you will use them (including examples).
Benefits of Metadata
There are numerous benefits of using metadata. They include:
1. Facilitating organization, indexing, discovery, access, and analysis of a variety of resources.
2. Give increase access to non-textual content.
3. Assists greatly in research activities, in terms of discoverability.
Dublin Core Metadata Standards to be used for the Malcove Collection
Please follow these guidelines when entering metadata describing your objects.
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Dublin Core Element |
Definition |
Explanation for JHI |
Example |
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Creator |
Entity primarily responsible for creating the source |
Artist/Author |
Unidentified artist; Cranach, Lucas; |
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Date |
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource |
Date when the object was created |
1871; 6th century (if specific date is not known) |
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Description |
An account of the resource |
One paragraph describing what your item is about. You can include details about format here as well |
“The picture shows a young girl robbing a foolish old man who is blissfully unaware of anything other than her charms.” |
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Identifier |
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context |
Malcove Collection Catalogue Number |
M82.209 |
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Format |
Medium and Dimensions |
Medium and dimensions |
terra cotta; Dimensions: 4 x 3 cm |
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Rights |
Information about rights held in and over the resource |
Art Museum University of Toronto |
Please contact the Art Museum University of Toronto: http://artmuseum.utoronto.ca/ |
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Source |
A related resource from which the described resource is derived |
Will typically come from the catalogue description of the Malcove Collection Catalogue |
Credit Line: Gift of Dr. Lillian Malcove; Provenance: Purchase, Dr. Lillian Malcove: 1964 - Munich |
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Title |
Name given to the resource |
Descriptive title for your resource – can be derived from the Malcove Collection Catalogue |
Pilgrim flask |
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Type |
The nature or genre of the resource |
Genres such as object, painting, sculpture, etc. |
Object; Painting |
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Relation |
A related resource |
Malcove Collection Catalogue Record |
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