Reza Karimi; Morteza Mohammadi Ostani; Leila Ahmadi
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The purpose of the current research was to design a metadata application profile for describing and organizing(processing) the content objects of the Library, Museum, and Archive of the Holy Shrine of Hazrat Masoumeh(A.S.). The research method was practical in terms of the goal, which was carried out ...
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The purpose of the current research was to design a metadata application profile for describing and organizing(processing) the content objects of the Library, Museum, and Archive of the Holy Shrine of Hazrat Masoumeh(A.S.). The research method was practical in terms of the goal, which was carried out with an analysis approach. The research community was the employees of the organization department and managers of the Library, Museum and Archive and elements and attributes of the metadata standards of the cultural heritage context (library,archive and museum), which were selected by purposeful sampling method. The data collection method was structured observation and the tools were interviews, questionnaires and checklists. The findings showed that in order to describe and organize (process) the content objects of the Library, Museum, and Archive of the Holy Shrine of Hazrat Masoumeh(A.S.), three separate metadata application profiles are needed for the library, museum, and archive. The metadata application profile designed for library, museum and archives content objects had a 53, 83, and 27 main and sub elements, respectively. MODS, Spectrum, and ISAD had a highest number in the metadata application profile in the contexts of library, museum, and archives, respectively.The design of a metadata application profile will lead to the proper description and processing of content objects, more convergence of the cultural heritage context, as well as better management of metadata. This is done according to local context and needs, and it will increase the access points, retrieval and more interoperability with other information management systems and libraries.
Mehdi Taheri; Nahid Gavili; Maryam Shekofte; Maryam Kazerani
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This study will discuss the context-oriented aspects in designing and creating a metadata application profile compatible with the native needs of related information environments and its impact on developing the semantic web in an analytical approach. In the first part of the paper, the concept of the ...
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This study will discuss the context-oriented aspects in designing and creating a metadata application profile compatible with the native needs of related information environments and its impact on developing the semantic web in an analytical approach. In the first part of the paper, the concept of the context and how the context will be established, and creating semantic based on the relationship among concepts in a special context emphasizing the semantic Web will be described. Then, the concept of the metadata application profile as the newest approach in creating metadata in information environments, and the context-oriented approach in designing this kind of profile aimed to meeting special native needs. The paper clarifies the position and the role of the metadata application profile in producing semantic in various information contexts as elements making the semantic web, and creating structured data (metadata) for describing and managing of the Web content objects. In the end, the paper will conclude the common approach in developing metadata application profiles and the semantic Web shows the positive impact and efficiency of metadata application profiles in developing the semantic Web.
