[Dspace-general] Metadataformat

Margret Branschofsky margretb at MIT.EDU
Wed May 26 09:31:57 EDT 2004


DSpace can only handle FGDC metadata, but we (at MIT) have created a 
crosswalk from MARC 21 to the DSpace use of the qualified Dublin Core which 
allows us to batch load MARC metadata with items.

Margret Branschofsky

At 01:49 PM 5/26/2004 +0100, Peter Berkesand wrote:
>Hi again,
>
>I know that DSpace use Dublin core for metadata but in the text I found 
>this: "Some communities or collections may also have tailored metadata 
>available (such as MARC records for book collections, or FGDC records for 
>geographic datasets)". Does this mean that DSpace handle metadta in MARC 
>21-format or...?
>
>Best regards
>
>Peter Berkesand
>
>
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