Difference between revisions of "New Project Metadata"
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<span style="font-size:110%">Providing good, detailed information about your file is the best way for users to find it when searching. It's also useful for you as a steward of your file to record what is known about the file so the information doesn't get lost. So what information is important to record?</span> | <span style="font-size:110%">Providing good, detailed information about your file is the best way for users to find it when searching. It's also useful for you as a steward of your file to record what is known about the file so the information doesn't get lost. So what information is important to record?</span> | ||
===Required Elements=== | ===Required Elements=== | ||
| − | + | ;Title | |
| − | + | ;Keyword | |
===Recommended Elements=== | ===Recommended Elements=== | ||
;Creator names | ;Creator names | ||
| − | + | ;Date Created | |
| − | + | ;Description | |
| − | |||
===Optional Elements=== | ===Optional Elements=== | ||
| − | + | ;Publisher | |
| + | ;Subjects from a controlled vocabulary | ||
===Best Practices=== | ===Best Practices=== | ||
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*Consistency is important | *Consistency is important | ||
*Copying and pasting can be problematic. If you do need to copy and paste, copy the source text and paste it into a basic text editor, like Wordpad or TextEdit, then copy that text and paste the value. This will prevent special formatting from causing errors when the files are uploaded. There are also some tricky characters out there that always cause problems, and they won't be ironed out by pasting into a plain text editor. The "&" is the biggest culprit. If you do want to use an ampersand, please use the character encoding for ampersand, which is & or &. | *Copying and pasting can be problematic. If you do need to copy and paste, copy the source text and paste it into a basic text editor, like Wordpad or TextEdit, then copy that text and paste the value. This will prevent special formatting from causing errors when the files are uploaded. There are also some tricky characters out there that always cause problems, and they won't be ironed out by pasting into a plain text editor. The "&" is the biggest culprit. If you do want to use an ampersand, please use the character encoding for ampersand, which is & or &. | ||
| − | === | + | ===Custom Description=== |
| + | Some projects have chosen to incorporate information specific to their collections, including: | ||
*Collection Name | *Collection Name | ||
*Rights statement | *Rights statement | ||
*Course name | *Course name | ||
*Course instructor | *Course instructor | ||
Revision as of 09:55, 29 September 2015
Creating Metadata for Discovery
Providing good, detailed information about your file is the best way for users to find it when searching. It's also useful for you as a steward of your file to record what is known about the file so the information doesn't get lost. So what information is important to record?
Required Elements
- Title
- Keyword
Recommended Elements
- Creator names
- Date Created
- Description
Optional Elements
- Publisher
- Subjects from a controlled vocabulary
Best Practices
- Creator Names: Enter creator names as LastName, FirstName
- Consistency is important
- Copying and pasting can be problematic. If you do need to copy and paste, copy the source text and paste it into a basic text editor, like Wordpad or TextEdit, then copy that text and paste the value. This will prevent special formatting from causing errors when the files are uploaded. There are also some tricky characters out there that always cause problems, and they won't be ironed out by pasting into a plain text editor. The "&" is the biggest culprit. If you do want to use an ampersand, please use the character encoding for ampersand, which is & or &.
Custom Description
Some projects have chosen to incorporate information specific to their collections, including:
- Collection Name
- Rights statement
- Course name
- Course instructor