Hi Chris, you may make a controlled vocabulary (supposing that the ADA terms of use allow it) of the ADA Procedure Codes.
Claudia Chris B schrieb: > 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
