I apologize for the cross post, but after a few days of review, I think this may belong in the Tech list rather than the general.
Our DSpace repository will be used for a large amount of dental media resources. This includes, images, video, documents, etc.. One important thing required for our purposes is the use of ADA Procedure Codes, their descriptions, and discipline headings. The idea of using keywords is not very helpful since the codes and descriptions are standardized. Each item may have one or several codes assigned to it, and searches need to return items based on the code descriptions. I did explore using the MeSH codes, since it seems that most of the ADA codes are a subset of MeSH. However, many codes are different, and there does not seem to be a 1 to 1 mapping. The other option I explored was to register a new metadata namespace and name. Then, add Elements, Qualifiers, and Scope Notes for the Discipline, Code, and Description respectively. But this methodology also does not seem right. I am stuck trying to figure out what the DSpace way is for facilitating this. I am just thinking of adding a table to the schema, but then that would require a lot of other backend work. Is there a best practice for this sort of content? Any ideas or guides would be very helpful. Thanks, Chris ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ DSpace-tech mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dspace-tech
