Chapter 4. Sources

Authors

  • Theodore Gerontakos

Abstract

Chapter 4 of Library Technology Reports (vol. 57, no. 6), “Sources,” explains that metadata application profile (MAP) creators gather MAP components from already existing sources. These sources include ontologies, schemas, vocabulary encoding schemes, and syntax encoding schemes, representing a shift in sources following the increasing adoption of linked-data practices.

Author Biography

Theodore Gerontakos

Theodore Gerontakos is the head of the Metadata and Cataloging Initiatives Unit at the University of Washington Libraries, where he also served as a metadata librarian from 2004 to 2019. He has participated in and advised hundreds of projects, most including some data modeling or application profile development. His current interest is in escorting library data into the Semantic Web using multiple standardized data models and other standards and best practices.

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Published

2021-08-23

Issue

Vol. 57 No. 6 (2021): August/September

Section

Chapters