Scholarly Objects Schema

About

The Scholarly Object (SO) standard is a locally created schema to define the scholarly objects in the DRS. It is used by Hydra to query SO deposits to display in the feature list on the home page, as well as in departmental smart folders. For more information about how Scholarly Object are defined and used in the DRS, see the Scholarly Objects page

Elements and Attributes

root

The root element for SO data is <scholarly_object>, which can contain three other elements: category, department, course_info, and degree.

category

The value for <category> is limited to the scholarly object list: Datasets, Learning Objects, Presentations, Research Publications, and Theses and Dissertations.

department

<department> is a simple string value for the name of the department(s) associated with the object.

course_info

<course_info> is a wrapper for the <course_number> and <course_title> elements.

degree

The <degree> field is employed when the value of <category> is 'Theses and Dissertations'. It is limited to 6 prescribed values:

Degree Name		Field Value
Doctor of Law and Policy		D.L.P.
Doctor of Education		Ed.D.
Master of Arts		M.A.
Master of Fine Arts		M.F.A.
Master of Science		M.S.
Doctor of Philosophy		Ph.D.

Examples

Datasets

<scholarly_object>
 <category></category>
 <department></department>
</scholarly_object>

Learning Objects

<scholarly_object>
 <category></category>
 <department></department>
</scholarly_object>

Presentations

<scholarly_object>
 <category></category>
 <department></department>
</scholarly_object>

Research Publications

<scholarly_object>
 <category>Research Publications</category>
</scholarly_object>

Theses and Dissertations

<scholarly_object>
 <category>Theses and Dissertations</category>
 <department>Northeastern University. Bouvé College of Health Sciences. Department of Counseling and Applied Educational Psychology.</department>
 <degree>M.S.</degree>
</scholarly_object>