(This message is being cross-posted to multiple lists, apologies for
duplicates.)
All,
The Metadata Working Group of the Texas Digital Library has developed a
descriptive application profile for electronic theses and dissertations
(ETDs) in the Metadata Object Description Schema (MODS). Our goal was to
develop a standard that provides semantically rich bibliographic
description in a flexible, web-friendly syntax, and we found that MODS fit
our needs. We have posted version 1 on the TDL web site at
http://www.tdl.org/projects/metadata/tdlappprofile.pdf. Besides continuing
to develop MODS for ETDs, we are planning to investigate metadata for
compound/complex objects, rights/access management, and preservation.
If anyone has questions or comments regarding the MODS ETD standard, feel
free to contact any members of the Metadata Working Group: Alisha Little at
UT, Anne Mitchell at UH, Jason Thomale at Texas Tech, Mary Dabney Wilson at
Texas A&M, or me.
Brian
Brian E. Surratt
Catalog/Metadata Librarian
Rice University
Fondren Library-MS 44
P.O. Box 1892
Houston, TX 77251-1892
email: [log in to unmask]
phone: 713-348-2604
fax: 713-348-5862
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