Hi Andrew, In fact ISSN is not part of Dublin Core. Bear in mind that Dublin Core is not restricted to the academic/publishing world. Typically people use dc.identifier for this data and add a qualifier of issn to the end just to identify what is actually in there, but the qualifier is not part of Dublin Core. When the metadata is exposed for OAI-PMH purposes the qualifiers are stripped off because they have no meaning outwith your own installation. So, just add another metadata term called dc.identifier.eissn (or whatever you want to call it) and Bobs your uncle.
Cheers, Robin. Robin Taylor Main Library University of Edinburgh Tel. 0131 6515208 > -----Original Message----- > From: Andrew Marlow [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: 22 January 2009 09:34 > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Dspace-tech] ISSN and dublin core > > I have recently found out that a journal article may have two > ISSNs. One is the print ISSN and appears (typically) on the > front cover of the article. The other is the electronic ISSN. > I am not sure where that comes from but it is in some > metadata I have seen. The metadata is not dublin core (dc). > In dc there is only one field for ISSN. I presume this is the > print ISSN. Has anyone heard of there being two ISSNs before? > Shouldn't dc have provision for both? If only one then which > one should it be? The print ISSN? What about articles that > are completely on-line (i.e no publisher ever printed one)? > -- > Regards, > > Andrew M. > http://www.andrewpetermarlow.co.uk > > > -- The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in Scotland, with registration number SC005336. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by: SourcForge Community SourceForge wants to tell your story. http://p.sf.net/sfu/sf-spreadtheword _______________________________________________ DSpace-tech mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dspace-tech
