This week, I’ve been looking at metadata registries, coming with up a solid list of registries to evaluate and thinking about the best ways to evaluate them.\u00a0 While there is plenty of literature that evaluates metadata quality, so far, in the literature I have not seen any studies that specifically evaluate the registries, so I have been trying to find literature that evaluates other similar technologies, such as online catalogs or digital libraries.<\/p>\n
Here are some of the registries that I am beginning to evaluate:<\/p>\n
LOV (Linked Open Vocabulary): http:\/\/lov.okfn.org\/dataset\/lov\/index.html<\/a><\/p>\n Open Metadata Registry: http:\/\/metadataregistry.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n Dublin Core Metadata Registry: http:\/\/dcmi.kc.tsukuba.ac.jp\/dcregistry\/<\/a><\/p>\n National Information Exchange Model: http:\/\/tools.niem.gov\/niemtools\/home.iepd<\/a><\/p>\n EPA, Data Element Registry Services: http:\/\/ofmpub.epa.gov\/sor_internet\/registry\/datareg\/home\/overview\/home.do<\/a><\/p>\n As I’ve been exploring these I have been thinking of ways to create a rubric for evaluation.\u00a0 Some of the repeated themes are:<\/p>\n The goal for the following week is to complete the evaluation of several of these registries and create a list of questions for the metadata providers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This week, I’ve been looking at metadata registries, coming with up a solid list of registries to evaluate and thinking about the best ways to evaluate them.\u00a0 While there is plenty of literature that evaluates metadata quality, so far, in the literature I have not seen any studies that specifically Continue reading Evaluation of Metadata Registires<\/span>\n