Journal article
Encoded Archival Description (EAD) Metadata Scheme: An Analysis of Use of the EAD Headers
Journal of library metadata, v 9(1-2), pp 134-152
31 Aug 2009
Abstract
An exploratory study was designed to gain a perspective on the current state of Encoded Archival Description (EAD) metadata use and quality. This article examines the implementation of EAD metadata at 6 digital archival repositories. It identifies EAD metadata elements that evince the most frequent inconsistent and incomplete usage. For this, the header areas of a collection of 150 randomly collected EAD metadata records were analyzed in terms of frequency, completeness, and consistency. In addition to these criteria, 3 best practices guidelines for EAD were consulted to determine how EAD metadata tags are used in local repositories vis-à-vis the guidelines. Analysis focuses on patterns of usage of certain aspects of EAD metadata within each repository as well as comparison across all 6 repositories. Implications and issues drawn from the evaluation are also discussed in relation to the issue of semantic interoperability across EAD digital repositories.
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Details
- Title
- Encoded Archival Description (EAD) Metadata Scheme: An Analysis of Use of the EAD Headers
- Creators
- Brian Carpenter - American Philosophical SocietyJung-Ran Park - Drexel University
- Publication Details
- Journal of library metadata, v 9(1-2), pp 134-152
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Group
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Information Science
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-79951927019
- Other Identifier
- 991021812428804721