Metadata: Exercises
Metadata Template Exercise
Please use Dublin Core Metadata to create metadata templates for each of the three collections. You should select one image from each of the three Sample Files. You can download and use this worksheet.
Review the Dublin Core materials and controlled vocabulary examples provided in the Resources & Best Practices section.
Example
Below is an example from the UW-Milwaukee Libraries Digitization Unit:
Afghanistan: Images from the Harrison Forman Collection Descriptive Metadata
| No. | Field Name | Dublin Core Mapping | Example | Vocabulary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Title | Title | Mausoleum of Amir Abdur Rahman in Kabul | Natural language |
| 2. | Photographer’s Note/Description | Description | Kabul- Mausoleum of Amire Ab-Durrahman (1880-1901) in Zarnegar Park overlooking capital city. | Transcribed text |
| 3. | Photographer | Creator | Forman, Harrison | |
| 4. | Date of Photograph | Date | 1969 | Transcribed text |
| 5. | Site | Coverage | Mausoleum of Amir Abdur Rahman (Kabul, Afghanistan) | Controlled Voc.-Library of Congress Authority File |
| 6. | Subject | Subject | Architecture; Historic buildings; Tombs & sepulchral monuments; | Controlled Voc.-Library of Congress Thesaurus for Graphic Materials |
| 7. | Continent | Coverage-Spatial | Asia | Controlled Voc.-Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names |
| 8. | Country/Region | Coverage-Spatial | Afghanistan | Controlled Voc.-Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names |
| 9. | State/Province | Coverage-Spatial | Controlled Voc.-Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names | |
| 10. | City/Place | Coverage-Spatial | Kabul | Controlled Voc.-Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names |
| 11. | Geographic Feature | Coverage-Spatial | Controlled Voc.-Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names | |
| 12. | Type | Type | Image | |
| 13. | Original Collection | Relation-Is-Format-Of | Harrison Forman Collection | |
| 14. | Original Item Size | Format | 35 mm | |
| 15. | Original Item Medium | Format | Color slide | Controlled Voc.-Art & Architecture Theasurus |
| 16. | Original Item ID | Identifier | 36h, 34-3-13 | Transcribed text |
| 17. | Provenance | Contributor | Donated by Sandra Forman, Harrison Forman’s wife. | Natural language |
| 18. | Repository | Relation-Is-Part-Of | American Geographical Society Library, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries | |
| 19. | Rights | Rights | The Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System. | |
| 20. | Publisher | Publisher | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries | |
| 21. | Digital ID | Identifier | af00039 | |
| 22. | Date Digitized | None | 2001-12-06 | |
| 23. | Digital Collection | Relation-Is-Part-Of | Afghanistan: Images from the Harrison Forman Collection |
