[Dspace-general] Theses in DSpace

[Theo Andrew]

Hello All,

This discussion is extremely timely as we (the Theses Alive! team) are currently 
investigating metadata schemas for ETDs. It seems we are taking the same 
approach as Margret in that we are "exploring alternatives and seeing what 
others are using before making a decision". It would be extremely useful if we 
could all together reach a consensus on what to use.

So far we have compared the DSPace default DC with the ETD-MS schema and the TDM 
DTD and come up with a proposed list that we are thinking of using. If you are 
interested you can visit our web site and see our Proposed Submission Fields and 
Related Metadata Elements:

http://www.thesesalive.ac.uk/archive/SchemaComparison.html

or have a look at a compiled list of the main DTDs for ETDs available;

http://www.thesesalive.ac.uk/archive/MetadataSchemas.html

We would welcome feedback on our proposed list!

Kind regards

Theo


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