A multi-layer metadata schema for digital folklore collections

Authors:
Irene Lourdi;Christos Papatheodorou;Mara Nikolaidou
Affiliations:
Library Computer Centre, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, and Laboratory on Digital Libraries and Electronic Publishing, Department of Archive and Libraries Sciences, Ionian Univers ...;Laboratory on Digital Libraries and Electronic Publishing, Department of Archive and Libraries Sciences, Ionian University, Greece;Harokopio University of Athens, and Library Computer Centre, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
Venue:
Journal of Information Science
Year:
2007

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Abstract

Digital folklore collections are valuable sources for studying the cultural and oral tradition of a country. The main difficulty in managing such collections is material heterogeneity (handwritten texts, photographs, 3D objects, sound recordings etc.) that imposes different digitization, description and maintenance practices. A multi-layer metadata model for the description of a digital folklore collection is presented. The proposed meta-data policy considers a collection as a hierarchy of entities and combines different metadata schemas for the management of each entity. The metadata model integrates elements from different metadata schemas ensuring efficient information recovery from all structural levels. Furthermore, interoperability between the used metadata schemas is discussed and a Topic Maps model is presented as an approach for developing mappings.