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Towards a Framework for Linked Rare Materials Metadata: An Overview of the Task Force to Explore Data Elements for Rare Materials Description

RBMS Bibliographic Standards Committee (BSC) task force charged:

•  To determine a list of data elements complementary to the Descriptive

Cataloging of Rare Materials (DCRM) suite, the RBMS Policy Statements

for RDA, the Controlled Vocabularies for Use in Rare Book and Special

Collections Cataloging, and rare materials user needs

•  To recommend solution(s) for incorporating these data elements into

library and archives data models, schemata, and tools

•  To seek community partners for these solution(s)

CHARGE

The BSC is charged with enabling intellectual access to rare materials. The

BSC has produced two content standards for rare materials description that

reflect the specialized research needs of rare materials users:

•  Descriptive Cataloging of Rare Materials (DCRM): a suite of rules for

resource description 

•  Controlled Vocabularies for Use in Rare Book and Special Collections

Cataloging: a taxonomy of rare materials features and genres, and a

vocabulary for indexing these features and genres

BACKGROUND

Without a schema or ontology designed specifically for rare materials

description, two essential problems arise:  

•  Inconsistent encoding, which diminishes data interoperability

•  High-level encoding, which diminishes discovery of granular content

PROBLEM

A consistent and granular ontology for rare materials description will enable

improved discovery of our collections.  

It will enable the full potential of content built with the DCRM suite and the

Controlled Vocabularies.  

SOLUTION

A consistent and granular ontology for rare materials description will enable

improved discovery of our collections.  

It will enable the full potential of content built with the DCRM suite and the

Controlled Vocabularies.  

<resource> �<data elements task force> �<controlled vocabularies> . 

SOLUTION

DATA ELEMENTS https://github.com/informaticmonad/bibframe

## collation Collation or signature statement

## layout

Description of page or other layout

## condition

Condition report, including conservation/preservation needs and defects of the copy

DATA ELEMENTS

## userEngagement Evidence of user or reader engagement, such as marks, inscriptions, and annotations ## addedMaterials Description of materials added to the resource by a user, such as extra-illustrations and insertions ## shelfmark ## userEngagementTerm Index terms for evidence of user or reader engagement, such as marks, inscriptions, annotations, and added materials ## originCulture

DATA ELEMENTS

## sewing Description of sewing structures used in bookbinding

## cover

Description of covering materials, wrappers, jackets, etc.

## bindingDesign

Description of surface design used in bookbinding, particularly of stylistic features and cultural/geographic/temporal context

## bindingTerm

##bindingColor

DATA ELEMENTS

## boundWith value: URI

## unnamedContents

## advertisement Note about advertisements included in the resource

## errata

## expansionCorrection

DATA ELEMENTS

## printmaking Description of printmaking processes

## printmakingTerm

## decoration Decorative features, as in illumination, historiation, designs, and patterns

## decorationTerm

DATA ELEMENTS

## type

## typeTerm

## script

## scriptTerm

DATA ELEMENTS

## exhibit

## exhibitCatalog

## exhibitOf

## citedIn

## cites

DATA ELEMENTS

## limitationStatement

## colophon

## version

## issue

## state

DATA ELEMENTS

## depicts Index term for something or someone featured and/or depicted in/on the resource The ‘of-ness’ of work

## application Index disciplines, methods, etc. which would likely find applications for the resource The ‘useful-ness’ of a work

DATA ELEMENTS

## workType Index the kind of work or works being described

## style

Index artistic or cultural styles used in the work

## technique

## materials

## paper

DATA ELEMENTS

## freedomUse Freedoms to use and/or reproduce content, such as creative commons or copyleft licenses and public performance rights

## restrictionUse

Restrictions on use and/or reproduction of the resource and its content, such as intellectual property rights or embargos

## reproduction

Relationship to digitized version

DATA ELEMENTS

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@AllisonJaiODell Metadata Librarian, University of Florida

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