A quick followup to those who took a look at this since I sent the initial announcement out last night. The eagle-eyed Tim Spalding pointed out the data in the "Libraries" slice was incorrect (what do you mean MARC doesn't end up in the "strong" category for libraries?!?) - we'd inadvertently used the wrong data for this sliver. This has now been corrected in the online version. My apologies for any inconvenience this may have caused anyone.

Jenn

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Jenn Riley
Metadata Librarian
Digital Library Program
Indiana University - Bloomington
Wells Library W501
(812) 856-5759
www.dlib.indiana.edu

Inquiring Librarian blog: www.inquiringlibrarian.blogspot.com




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> Cc: 'Devin Becker'
> Subject: Visualization of the Metadata Universe
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> duplication.)
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> The sheer number of metadata standards in the cultural heritage sector
> is overwhelming, and their inter-relationships further complicate the
> situation. A new resource, Seeing Standards: A Visualization of the
> Metadata Universe,
> <http://www.dlib.indiana.edu/~jenlrile/metadatamap/>, is intended to
> assist planners with the selection and implementation of metadata
> standards. Seeing Standards is in two parts: (1) a poster-sized
> visualization plotting standards based on their applicability in a
> variety of contexts, and (2) a glossary of metadata standards in either
> poster or pamphlet form.
>
> Each of the 105 standards listed is evaluated on its strength of
> application to defined categories in each of four axes: community,
> domain, function, and purpose. Standards more strongly allied with a
> category are displayed towards the center of each hemisphere, and those
> still applicable but less strongly allied are displayed along the
> edges. The strength of a standard in a given category is determined by
> a mixture of its adoption in that category, its design intent, and its
> overall appropriateness for use in that category.
>
> The standards represented are among those most heavily used or
> publicized in the cultural heritage community, though certainly not all
> standards that might be relevant are included. A small set of the
> metadata standards plotted on the main visualization also appear as
> highlights above the graphic. These represent the most commonly known
> or discussed standards for cultural heritage metadata.
>
> Work preparing Seeing Standards was supported by a professional
> development grant from the Indiana University Libraries. Content was
> developed by Jenn Riley, Metadata Librarian in the Indiana University
> Digital Library Program. Design work was performed by Devin Becker of
> the Indiana University School of Library and Information Science, and
> soon to be Digital Initiatives & Scholarly Communications Librarian at
> the University of Idaho.
>
> I hope this resource proves to be helpful to those working with
> metadata standards in libraries, archives, museums, and other cultural
> heritage institutions.
>
> Jenn
>
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> Jenn Riley
> Metadata Librarian
> Digital Library Program
> Indiana University - Bloomington
> Wells Library W501
> (812) 856-5759
> www.dlib.indiana.edu
>
> Inquiring Librarian blog: www.inquiringlibrarian.blogspot.com