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Date: Thu, 17 Jun 1999 15:52:49 -0600
From: Judy Buys <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Mapping FGDC Metadata In and Out of CORC
Sender: Judy Buys <[log in to unmask]>
This was posted on the CORC-L listserv for comments, and I
thought you would also be interested.
The EEIRC is part of a DOE funded Energy and Environmental Technical
Applications Program (EETAP)at the University of Southwestern Lousiana,
Lafayette, LA. Three of the EEIRC staff members are located in the USGS National
Wetlands Research Center Library and have been working on a project
to map FGDC/NBII data into Dublin Core and USMARC formats
to improve search capabilities by putting those records in other
formats and other search engines.
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During the first CORC Users Group meeting at OCLC in April, we met
colleagues who share our interest in importing Federal Geographic
Data Standard (FGDC) metadata into CORC. We have written a paper
that is the first draft of a proposed mapping of FGDC into Dublin
Core (DC) and USMARC. It is available through our Web site at:
http://eeirc.nwrc.gov/pubs/crosswalk/fgdc-marc-dc.htm
Our focus is on conversion issues as they relate to the OCLC
Cooperative Online Resource Cataloging project. The paper presents
an analysis of 466 FGDC metadata records housed in the NBII node of
the FGDC Clearinghouse, with special emphasis on the length of
fields and the total length of records in this set. The primary
contribution presented in the paper is a 34 element crosswalk, a
proposal which takes into consideration the constraints of the MARC
standard and the realities of user behavior.
The paper is also a request for comment. We are actively seeking
comment and debate among and with our colleagues at OCLC and in the
CORC Users Group. We are particularly interested in comments on
what other FGDC elements ought to be mapped and how to translate
them into DC.
Adam Chandler and Dan Foley
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