/Islandora-Metadata-Interest-Group

We investigate and provide metadata solutions that help improve metadata creation, maintenance and enhancement in Islandora.

Islandora-Metadata-Interest-Group

Conveners

  • Chris Day (discoverygarden)
  • Paige Morfitt (Whitman College)
  • Rosemary Le Faive (University of Prince Edward Island)

Emeritus conveners

  • Charlie Tillay (Tulane University)
  • Kristina Spurgin (LYRASIS)
  • Mike Bolam (University of Pittsburgh)

MIG MODS to RDF

  • Working Documents
  • While the MIG is working on MODS to RDF, meetings occur every other week on Monday from 1 to 2pm EST.

Terms of reference

  • The name of the interest group is the Islandora Metadata Interest Group (IMIG)

  • The purpose of the IMIG is to investigate and provide metadata solutions that help improve metadata creation, maintenance and enhancement in Islandora.

  • Specific goals, activities, and outcomes include:

    • Metadata best practices for Islandora

      • Metadata profiles for multiple metadata standards
      • Documentation
    • Investigate metadata tools

      • Creating and editing metadata in Islandora
      • Pre and post processing of metadata including harvests, transformations, and migrations
    • Investigate features that enhance metadata creation and maintenance

      • XML form enhancements
      • Use and application of taxonomies
      • Alternatives to XML forms
    • Investigate linked open data

  • The interest group will meet once a month virtually (eg. via Google Hangouts). A call for agenda items will be posted to the Islandora Google Group at least 1 week prior to the meeting. The convener will appoint a note taker for the meeting and meeting notes will be made available at IMIG.

  • The convener(s) will report to the Islandora Roadmap Committee following the IMIG's meeting.

Become a Participant

The group is open to anyone interested in participating. Meetings are currently held every other Monday, 1-2 PM Eastern Time (North America). Link to dates, agenda items, and call information will be in the Meetings subdirectory of this repository, for the appropriate meeting document.