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<p>RacbaScvar: darcaceldron</p> <hr /> <div>boccdron<br /> == Collection Description ==<br /> Collection descriptions might describe anything that was a group of physical or digital things. My original viewpoint is from library and information science, but I believe the notion of a collection description could be used in other disciplines<br /> [http://www.selfdescription.org http://www.selfdescription.org] - [http://informationtakesover.co.uk Tim Hodson]<br /> <br /> == Background ==<br /> A 3 month investigation into the possibilities and some background survey work was carried out, and results of which can be read in ''Self Description: Collection description remodeled as a microformat'' available as a pdf. [http://www.selfdescription.org/Self-Description-Tim-Hodson-Msc.pdf Self-Description-Tim-Hodson-Msc.pdf]<br /> <br /> == Existing metadata schema ==<br /> Dublin Core are working on a collection description application profile which is nearing completion. [http://dublincore.org/groups/collections/collection-application-profile/ DC CD AP]<br /> <br /> Naturally the DC CD AP specifies metadata that should be in a collection description, and the metadata sets are used by the [http://iesr.ac.uk IESR], [http://scone.strath.ac.uk/ SCONE], [http://www.archiveshub.ac.uk/ Archives Hub], (all with other local data) but noticeably, not your average library or museum.<br /> <br /> A collection description re-modelled as a microformat would allow collections to be discoverable on any library website suitably marked-up, thus opening up an organisation's collections to a wider audience.<br /> <br /> == Examples == <br /> Collection descriptions in the wild.<br /> <br /> * The [http://www.bl.uk/collections/toppage.html British Library] has extensive information on it's website to explain and describe it's collections.<br /> * [http://www.leeds.ac.uk/library/spcoll/prbooks.htm Leeds University Library], Printed books collections.<br /> * [http://www-sul.stanford.edu/libraries_collections/librcoll_a_z.html Stanford University Library]<br /> * Further examples can be found in Appendix C of ''Self Description: Collection description remodeled as a microformat'' [http://www.selfdescription.org/Self-Description-Tim-Hodson-Msc.pdf Self-Description-Tim-Hodson-Msc.pdf]</div>

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