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TITLE: Using METS and MODS to Create XML Standards-Based Digital Library Applications
SPEAKER: Morgan Cundiff, Nate Trail
EVENT DATE: 11/16/2006
RUNNING TIME: 87 minutes
DESCRIPTION:
Morgan Cundiff and Nate Trail describe the creation of 'Library of Congress Presents: Music, Theater, and Dance' (LCP) and the 'Veterans History Project' (VHP). LCP is a second-generation digital library web application which makes available digital versions of performing arts-related materials from the Library's collections. VHP is a digital library application built using the XML/XSLT/Cocoon framework; it contains collections of veterans and civilians documenting wartime and/or other service from WWII to today's conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. Data from various sources is represented and aggregated using the XML data standards emerging from the digital library community. Of special interest is the use of the Metadata Encoding and Transmission Standard (METS) to describe digital objects, and the use of the Metadata Object Description Schema (MODS) to express bibliographic data. The application is built entirely using open source software, including the XML publishing framework Cocoon and the search engine Lucene.
Speaker Biography: Morgan Cundiff is a Senior Development Specialist in the Network Development and MARC Standards Office (NDMSO). He is responsible for work on METS and MIX metadata standards and has represented the Library of Congress at the METS Editorial Board since it was formed in 2001. Before he came to NDMSO five years ago, he served in the National Digital Library Program where he was project leader for eight American Memory Music Division projects. He received his MLS from the University of Maryland.
Speaker Biography: Nate Trail has worked at the Library of Congress for 15 years in a variety of database and web programming positions. For the past four years, he has been a Digital Projects Coordinator in NDMSO. He develops tools for bibliographic processing and rights metadata, combining them with Web presentations of digital objects, in addition to participating in the standards development of online serials. He earned his MLS from Louisiana State University.
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