Hi Srijan, Copying back in dspace-tech on this discussion. It's best to keep this on the listserv, as this discussion could also be helpful to others. (Plus others may have additional ideas for how you could implement this in DSpace)
I'd actually recommend *against* creating non-standard 'dc' (Dublin Core) fields (as we no longer encourage that in your local DSpace instance). Rather, you may want to create your own custom 'music/recording' metadata schema (or base it on an existing metadata schema that is already out there). DSpace supports metadata fields of the form: [schema].[field].[qualifier] What you choose as your 'schema' is up to you. But, I'd recommend against pushing everything into the 'dc' schema, as this really isn't basic Dublin Core anymore. So, if you called your schema 'local', you could do something like: local.contributor.drummer local.contributor.pianist Or you could even do: local.instrumentalist.drummer local.instrumentalist.pianist You could also replace 'local' with 'music' or 'recording' or whatever you feel is the most appropriate name for this custom metadata schema. As for MODS mapping, generally speaking, you should be able to map any [schema].[field].[qualifier] value into any MODS field. To see how this is done, take a look at the [dspace]/config/crosswalk/mods.properties file. This is the file that defines all the crosswalks to MODS. It just maps an internal DSpace metadata field to its appropriate output in MODS. Hopefully that helps, - Tim On 6/17/2011 12:51 AM, Srijan Deshpande wrote: > That's bad news, Tim, but thanks! > So in that case my only alternative would be to use > dc.contributor.singer. While this sounds ok, my problem is this: I also > need to use dc.contributor.instrumentalist but then there would be no > way to tell which instrument that person is playing in that recording. > > I suppose I'll have to use a custom qualifier like > dc.contributor.drummer or dc.contributor.pianist. > > I was hoping I could go the whole hog and have either > dc.contributor.instrumentalist.drummer or dc.contributor.instrumentalist > - John Doe:drummer - but apparently neither is an option in DSpace! > > Suppose I used dc.contributor.drummer - Would there be a way to map this > in mods to contributor.instrumentalist with a role of 'drummer' ? > > Thanks, > Srijan > > > > On Friday 17 June 2011 at 1:54 AM, Tim Donohue wrote: > >> Hi Srijan, >> >> Unfortunately, at this point in time DSpace doesn't look for any special >> punctuation in any metadata fields. So, it wouldn't be able to treat >> "John Doe:singer" any differently than just "John Doe", or "John >> Doe:editor". >> >> At this time, there is also not way to parse "John Doe:singer" to the >> appropriate MODS file on export. The MODS export functionality just >> maps DSpace fields to MODS fields. So, it could map a custom field >> called "mods.contributor.singer" to a particular MODS role, but it >> wouldn't be able to parse out special punctuation. >> >> Let us know if that doesn't make sense. >> >> - Tim >> >> On 6/11/2011 1:32 AM, Srijan Deshpande wrote: >>> Hello, quick metadata question: >>> >>> I need to capture each dc.contributor's role in my item metadata in >>> dspace - since DSpace doesn't support heirarchical metadata, can I use >>> punctuation, as suggested >>> athttp://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/dcsimple-mods.html >>> <http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/dcsimple-mods.html> to list each >>> contributor's role? >>> >>> So my dc.contributor field would have a value like 'John Doe:singer' >>> >>> This way if I have to export this data in the future, I could export it >>> to a MODS file correctly, including <role> information, right? >>> >>> Also, is there a way to parse this information and customize how it is >>> displayed in search results / item pages? >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Srijan Deshpande >>> >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>> EditLive Enterprise is the world's most technically advanced content >>> authoring tool. Experience the power of Track Changes, Inline Image >>> Editing and ensure content is compliant with Accessibility Checking. >>> http://p.sf.net/sfu/ephox-dev2dev >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> DSpace-tech mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> <mailto:[email protected]> >>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dspace-tech > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ EditLive Enterprise is the world's most technically advanced content authoring tool. Experience the power of Track Changes, Inline Image Editing and ensure content is compliant with Accessibility Checking. http://p.sf.net/sfu/ephox-dev2dev _______________________________________________ DSpace-tech mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dspace-tech
