Mapping and Converting Essential Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC) Metadata into MARC21 and Dublin Core : Towards an Alternative to the FGDC Clearinghouse

Chandler, Adam     adam_chandler@usgs.gov     (Energy and Environmental Information Resources Center . University of Louisiana Lafayette. Lafayette, Louisiana)   Foley, Dan     dan_foley@usgs.gov     (Energy and Environmental Information Resources Center . University of Louisiana Lafayette. Lafayette, Louisiana)   Hafez, Alaaeldin M.     ahafez@cacs.usl.edu     (Center for Advanced Computer Studies. University of Louisiana Lafayette. Lafayette, Louisiana)

D-Lib Magazine ( web site) 2000 6 (1)
(ReLIS:doi:dlibma:y:2000:v:6:i:1:p:29)

Abstract:

The purpose of this article is to raise and address a number of issues related to the conversion of Federal Geographic Data Committee metadata into MARC21 and Dublin Core. We present an analysis of 466 FGDC metadata records housed in the National Biological Information Infrastructure (NBII) node of the FGDC Clearinghouse, with special emphasis on the length of fields and the total length of records in this set. One of our contributions is a 34 element crosswalk, a proposal that takes into consideration the constraints of the MARC21 standard as implemented in OCLC's World Cat and the realities of user behavior.

Creation: 2000
Volume: 6
Year: 2000
Issue: 1

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