The main objective of this research is, to develop metadata scheme for the management of digitized PLMs to increase efficiency in the search, access, management and use. The research framework was based on Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records (FRBR) model developed by International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA), while the metadata development process wa...

Semantic publishing is the use of Web and Semantic Web technologies to enhance the meaning of a published journal article, to facilitate its automated discovery, to enable its linking to semantically related articles, to provide access to data within the article in actionable form, and to facilitate integration of data between articles. Recently, semantic publishing has opened the possibility o...

Chinese rubbings, rubbed from original objects of stone, wood and bronze, are a special rare collection and deemed precious historical and cultural heritage. The study reports the metadata planning for the Digital Rubbings Project initiated at Academia Sinica which houses one of the largest and most valued Chinese rubbings around the world. In response to Chinese rubbings across various domains...

Serials, from a cataloging, search, and retrieval point of view, are currently described and accessed via metadata records. Each record is tied to the title of the journal, newspaper, or magazine. The record might cover a range of years for that publication under its current title, or it might cover the current iteration and previous titles. But in our libraries, to find a serial we look for th...

J. Stephen Downie ([email protected]) University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Allen Renear ([email protected]) University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Adam Mathes ([email protected]) University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Karen Medina ([email protected]) University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign David Dubin ([email protected]) University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Jin Ha ...

The entity-oriented description of the world is a major, current trend motivated by the need for semantic services that can support the human need of finding information, learning and discovering new knowledge, and broadening the existing knowledge horizons. Entities, managed in semantic knowledge bases, have the potential to be the backbone for these new and innovative services. Therefore, aut...