INLS 235

Day 9

3/5/2003

Report from JCDL PC

1. One minute papers

Points

Metadata is one level of interoperation

Tension between keeping metadata (and systems) simple and making it (them) very expressive

Can’t just create info objects, must create access mechanisms (e.g., metadata)

DC, OIA, XML, all important open source inititives

Human generated metadata has problems (accuracy and scale)

Metadata key to interactive interfaces

Questions

Can metadata be copyrighted?

Isn’t XML the interface server solution?

How are DC updates/changes handled in legacy systems/data?

Can’t metadata be created along with content?

Can we use formal protocols to go social interoperation? [law, e-rules]

Alternatives to DC?

2. Project updates!

3. Cooperation and Collaboration in DLs

Hybrid DLs

Discuss the info life cycle model

4. DL Examples

1. PIC: Kristen Bullard

2. Indiana U Music: Abe Crystal

3. DSpace: Butch Lazorchak

4. RLG: Marriage, Women & the Law: Susan Teague Rector

5. IDRC Library: Jesse Wilbur

5. Readings for next week

1. Sairamesh, J., Nikolaou, C., Ferguson, D., & Yemini, Y. (1996). Economic framework for pricing and charging in digital libraries. Dlib Magazine, February, 1996. www.dilbi.org/dlib/february96/forth/02sairamesh.html

Optional: MacKie-Mason, J., Riveros, J., Bonn, M., & Lougee, W. (1999). A report on the PEAK Experiment. Usage and economic behavior. DLib Magazine, July/August, 1999. www.dlib.org/dlib/july99/mackie-mason/07mackie-mason.html

Optional: Besser, H. & Yamashita, R. The Social and Economic Implications of the Production, Distribution and Usage of Image Data http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/Imaging/Databases/1998mellon/

6. One-minute paper

What was the main point you learned in class today?

What is the main, unanswered question you leave class with today?