Organizing Web Informat

[Robert H. Terry]

We have been looking for solutions in this area also, our Domain is 
mostly Software.  We prototyped a tool which seamlessly browses and 
searches Metadata in multiple libraries.  The tool used the recently 
approved IEEE BIDM (Basic Interopability Data Model) and the optional 
META TAGS in HTML 2.0.  We have now begun looking for other standards for 
use in our domain of interest, and possible others.  The effort is fairly 
new, but we have created the following two collections and found the 
named assets (holdings) for each.  Please feel free to browse same at 
ELSA, and do send us your ideas on what else might be included.  

The ELSA Hierarchical Collection page is at:

http://rbse.mountain.net/elsa_bin_admin/UI_HierColl, the two collections 
are at the bottom of the list (since they are the newest).  What follows 
is a brief description of the Collections, and the names of their Assets 
(holdings):

Collection: MetaData

Description : Contains assets relating to Metadata between WWW servers,
clients and databases.

Assets:

   A Compiler for Formal Metadata (asset)
   ARC AMLs and Menus (asset)
   ASTMmeta83194 (asset)
   Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata (asset)
   ECS Core Metadata Standard (asset)
   GEOSPATIAL METADATA FILE GENERATOR (asset)
   Metadata Information (asset)
   Naval Environmental Operational Nowcasting System (asset)
   NBII Metadata Standard (asset)
   The FGDC Metadata Standard - An Image Map (asset)


Collection: Collection Templates

Description : This collection contains collection structure templates of 
various metadata.

Assets:

   Bibliographical Management (asset)
   BUBL WWW Subject Tree (asset)
   Data Set/Data Set Collection Contents and Naming (asset)
   Edinburgh Engineering Virtual Library (asset)
   EELS Engineering Electronic Library (asset)
   Guide to Manuscript Collections (asset)
   Introduction to the Collection of Bibliographies (asset)
   NISS Information Gateway (asset)
   Onmi (asset)
   What The Museum Collects and Why (asset)


Thanks in advance,

Bob Terry

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