Entwurf und prototypische Implementierung eines Metadaten-Rahmenwerks für die Digitalisierung an der Universitätsbibliothek Regensburg

摘要

Design and prototypic implementation of a metadata-framework for digitization at the University Library of Regensburg A conceptual, technical and organisational framework of metadata to support digitization at the University Library of Regensburg was developed. In a survey comparing existing metadata standards the Metadata Encoding and Transmission Standard (METS) was found to best suit our needs and could easily be embedded into the existing workflow. As a proof of concept I implemented a Java based, modular software tool for the semiautomatic metadata generation for digitized library objects. A system to generate and manage persistent identifiers (PIDs) for files, METS documents and CD-ROMs was found to be inevitable. I implemented a simple PID generating system that may be extended to manage and resolve Uniform Resource Names (URN) without effort. I further demonstrated the generation of presentation forms of digital library objects from METS encoded metadata via XSL transformations thereby greatly enhancing the usability of digital objects.