It was a joke, but with serious intent. The pandemic has revealed the extent to which the "metadata" we consider important is insanely contingent on who's making the call, when they're making the call, and what the envisioned use for the data and the metadata.
We're currently migrating some collections from one DSpace instance to another using METS. METS has the ball-of-mud approach to metadata (you can stick _anything_ in there and it's still a ball of mud) but there appear to be no namespaces for some metadata, like usage stats. Not even any non-standardised namespaces. Even the archivists don't appear to have namespaces / standardisation for usage data. Yet most of us have layers of management who drool over usage stats. Why? Ethnicity (of authors or subject matter) is another metadata field where we're lacking and have layers of management who (sh/w)ould love this information. cheers stuart -- ...let us be heard from red core to black sky On Wed, 31 Mar 2021 at 09:39, Fitchett, Deborah <[email protected]> wrote: > > I was assuming it was a joke just because I’m not aware of Stuart working on > collections where such a taxonomy would be useful (though if I’m wrong I look > forward to seeing a demo sometime!) but that doesn’t preclude serious answers > too: I can see all sorts of research applications (and various surveillance > applications) though admittedly I’m mostly envisaging using the library > discovery layer to play a game of Guess Who. > > Deborah > > From: Code for Libraries <[email protected]> On Behalf Of McDonald, > Stephen > Sent: Wednesday, 31 March 2021 2:09 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] facial hair names > > Ah, I see. Was the original question intended as a joke? I took the question > seriously. There are databases out there which record facial features like > this and taxonomies exist for various body features. But I'm not aware of a > metadata standard for exchanging such information. What field and taxonomy to > use for facial hair is a legitimate question for researchers. > > Steve McDonald > [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Code for Libraries > <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> On Behalf Of > Fitchett, Deborah > Sent: Monday, March 29, 2021 7:46 PM > To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] facial hair names > > dc.coverage.facial > > From: Code for Libraries > <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> On Behalf Of Stuart > A. Yeates > Sent: Monday, 29 March 2021 12:06 PM > To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > Subject: [CODE4LIB] facial hair names > > The CDC has released a list of facial hair names > https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/npptl/pdfs/FacialHairWmask11282017-508.pdf<https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/npptl/pdfs/FacialHairWmask11282017-508.pdf><https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/npptl/pdfs/FacialHairWmask11282017-508.pdf<https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/npptl/pdfs/FacialHairWmask11282017-508.pdf>> > > If we want to use these for facetting, which metadata fields should we be > using? > > cheers > stuart > -- > ...let us be heard from red core to black sky > > ________________________________ > > "The contents of this e-mail (including any attachments) may be confidential > and/or subject to copyright. Any unauthorised use, distribution, or copying > of the contents is expressly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in > error, please advise the sender by return e-mail or telephone and then delete > this e-mail together with all attachments from your system."
