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A Preliminary Investigation of Metadata Description Mechanisms for Materials Science

Bartolo, Laura and Lowe, C.S. (2003) A Preliminary Investigation of Metadata Description Mechanisms for Materials Science.

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Abstract

Materials Property Data Markup Language (MatML) provides detailed materials property information necessary for the exchange of materials science digital resources among users. Dublin Core (DC) provides a consistent generic characterization of content important for resource discovery. The feasibility of reusing detailed information provided by MatML to supply DC metadata is explored. Preliminary data gathered from three examples of materials science resources indicates that MatML tags may be successfully mapped to DC elements. A prototype webbased authoring tool designed to assist authors in generating MatML as well as to map MatML information to DC elements is discussed.

EPrint Type:Conference Poster
Keywords:National Science Digital Library, NSDL, Materials Digital Library, MatDL, Domain metadata, materials science, Materials Markup Language (MatML),Dublin Core (DC)
Subjects:Knowledge Organization
ID Code:531
Deposited On:01 October 2004
Alternative Locations:http://www.siderean.com/dc2003/708_Poster53.pdf
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