On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 09:14:46AM +0200, Anke Krüger wrote: > MODS is indeed fine, but as far as I know, it can't be used in DSpace > because it's hierarchical and not flat like Dublin Core (see the manual in > section 2.3). Or did this change?
That depends on what you mean by "used". DSpace makes use of metadata in search operations, and those metadata indeed must be organized in at most two levels (term.qualifier) as DC is. But supplementary metadata of any form can be attached to an item as bitstreams in the METADATA bundle. There's no reason why the user interfaces cannot be extended to present supplementary metadata or even make use of them in its operation. That does mean more work to support paper-journal mechanics than just adjusting the configuration, but XMLUI at least can be adjusted to make these streams available to the Theme. And there is work going on now to build an entirely new search infrastructure, which presents an opportunity to free ourselves of our dependence on DC-like metadata organization in the not-too-distant future. -- Mark H. Wood, Lead System Programmer [email protected] Balance your desire for bells and whistles with the reality that only a little more than 2 percent of world population has broadband. -- Ledford and Tyler, _Google Analytics 2.0_
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