FRBRoo-based approach to heterogeneous metadata integration
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1108/JD-07-2012-0086 |
| Pages | 623-637 |
| Published date | 02 September 2013 |
| Date | 02 September 2013 |
| Author | Ya-Ning Chen,Hao-Ren Ke |
| Subject Matter | Library & information science,Records management & preservation,Document management |
FRBRoo-based approach to
heterogeneous metadata
integration
Ya-Ning Chen and Hao-Ren Ke
Graduate Institute of Library and Information Studies,
National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan
Abstract
Purpose – This paper seeks to adopt FRBRoo as an ontological approach to integrate heterogeneous
metadata, and transform human-understandable format into machine-understandable format for
semantic query.
Design/methodology/approach – Two cases of use with museum artefacts and literary works
were exploited to illustrate how FRBRoo can be used to re-contextualize the semantics of elements and
the semantic relationships embedded in those elements. The shared ontology was then RDFized and
examples were explored to examine the feasibility of the proposed approach.
Findings – FRBRoo can play a role as inter lingua aligning museum and library metadata to achieve
heterogeneous metadata integration and semantic query without changing either of the original
approaches to fit the other.
Research limitations/implications – Exploration of more diverse use cases is required to further
align the different approaches of museums and libraries using FRBRoo and make revisions.
Practical implications – Solid evidence is provided for the use of FRBRoo in heterogeneous
metadata integration and semantic query.
Originality/value – This is the first study to elaborate how FRBRoo can play a role as a shared
ontology to integrate the heterogeneous metadata generated by museums and libraries. This paper
also shows how the proposed approach is distinct from the Dublin Core format crosswalk in
re-contextualizing semantic meanings and their relationships, and further provides four new sub-types
for mapping description language.
Keywords FRBRoo, Metadataintegration, Ontology, Digital libraries, Museums
Paper type Research paper
1. Introduction
Heterogeneous metadata integration is an important issue for digital libraries to
harmonize the difference between distinctive metadata formats and elements to aggregate
metadata from various sources. Many national digital library projects also face these
issues, and the Taiwan E-Learning and Digital Archives Program (hereafter TELDAP),
which consists of many projects conducted by memory institutions (including archives,
libraries, museums and herbaria), is no exception. Like other national digital library
projects, TELDAP has built up a Dublin Core (hereafter DC) based union catalog
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The authors are grateful for the helpful comments of the reviewers. The work described in this
paper was partially supported by the Taiwan E-learning and Digital Archives Program
(TELDAP) sponsored by the National Science Council of Taiwan under NSC Grants: NSC
101-2631-H-001-005, 101-2631-H-001-006, and 101-2631-H-001-014.
FRBRoo-based
approach
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Received 6 July 2012
Revised 1 October 2012
Accepted 7 October 2012
Journal of Documentation
Vol. 69 No. 5, 2013
pp. 623-637
qEmerald Group Publishing Limited
0022-0418
DOI 10.1108/JD-07-2012-0086
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