Mapping and converting essential Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC) metadata into MARC21 and Dublin Core: towards an alternative to the FGDC Clearinghouse
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By: A. Chandler, D. Foley, and A.M. Hafez
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Abstract
The purpose of this article is to raise and address a number of issues related to the conversion of Federal Geographic Data Committee metadata into MARC21 and Dublin Core. We present an analysis of 466 FGDC metadata records housed in the National Biological Information Infrastructure (NBII) node of the FGDC Clearinghouse, with special emphasis on the length of fields and the total length of records in this set. One of our contributions is a 34 element crosswalk, a proposal that takes into consideration the constraints of the MARC21 standard as implemented in OCLC's World Cat and the realities of user behavior.
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Chandler, A., Foley, D., and Hafez, A., 2000, Mapping and converting essential Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC) metadata into MARC21 and Dublin Core: towards an alternative to the FGDC Clearinghouse: D-Lib, v. 6, no. 1, p. 1-1.
| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | Mapping and converting essential Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC) metadata into MARC21 and Dublin Core: towards an alternative to the FGDC Clearinghouse |
| Series title | D-Lib |
| Volume | 6 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Year Published | 2000 |
| Language | English |
| Contributing office(s) | National Wetlands Research Center |
| Description | 1 Web page |
| Larger Work Type | Article |
| Larger Work Subtype | Journal Article |
| Larger Work Title | D-Lib |
| First page | 1 |
| Last page | 1 |