A Comparative Study of Metadata Standards for Serials

한성국; 이현실

Abstract

This paper analyses meta-data systems for serials in order to provide the fundamental infrastructure for serials-sharing systems based on semantic interoperability. According to the primitive features of serials information, meta-data for serials are classified into 3 main subsystems: serial identification information, serial bibliographic information and serial holding information. The serial identification information that play the important role of the primary key in library management systems should be refined to accommodate serials with digital formats. Although MARC formats have been commonly used for the description of serial bibliographic information, a new meta-data format for serial bibliographic information that harmonize with the abundance of meta-data elements in MARC and the simplicity of DCMI. For serial holding information, the newly proposed standards such as ANSI/NSIO Z39.50 are adequate to grasp the varieties of serial holding patterns. It should be able to differentiate the level of description by means of the types of serial information services. As the current computing technology generally uses XML for the representation and process of information, the meta-data system for serials should be based on XML.

keywords: 학술지 메타데이터, 식별자, 서지정보, 소장정보, 의미적 상호운용성, Serial Metadata, Identification, Bibliographic Information, Holding Information, Semantic Interoperability, Serial Metadata, Identification, Bibliographic Information, Holding Information, Semantic Interoperability

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Journal of Korean Library and Information Science Society

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Vol.36 No.1

A Comparative Study of Metadata Standards for Serials

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Journal of Korean Library and Information Science Society