MagnificoAssignment 3

LI883XI: Intro. To Metadata

Dublin Core RecordLI883XI Assignment 3

Online Journal Article- PubMed

Voskuil, P.H. (2012). Van Gogh’s disease in the light of his correspondence. Frontiers of neurology and neuroscience. Retrieved http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23485896

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dc.creator Voskuil, P.H.

dc.date.issued 2012-03-05 W3CDTF (YYY-MM-DD)

dc.identifier.other 23485896 (NIH/PMID)

dc.identifier.uri http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23485896 URI

dc.identifier.doi 10.1159/000343265. DOI

dc.description.abstract The literary quality of Vincent van Gogh’s correspondence is widely recognized. He wrote expressively and

evocatively, and had great literary knowledge. In this essay we follow his medical history in many quotes from in

his letters to see how Vincent expressed his complaints, knowledge, and emotions connected with his disease. The

symptoms became most clear after December 1888. In the beginning, Van Gogh hesitated to tell much about his

ailment, but gradually painted in the letters his experiences, making use of the intermittent course of his cycloid

psychoses. We will see an indication that, in the network that mediated Van Gogh’s brain (dys)function, elements

of synesthesia, prosopagnosia, and spatial agnosia might have been activated. Van Gogh’s affinity for poetry,

already in his early twenty’s, makes the hypothesis of a, by epileptic discharges, kindled temporal lobe at most

only part of the complex interpretation of this creative and suffering mind.

dc.language.iso eng ISO639-3

dc.title Van Gogh’s disease in the light of his correspondence

dc.subject Adult MeSH

dc.subject Epilepsy/diagnosis MeSH

dc.subject Famous Persons MeSH

dc.subject Humans MeSH

dc.subject Male MeSH

dc.subject Paintings/history MeSH

dc.type text DCMIType

dc.format text/html DCMIType

dc.source Frontiers of neurology and neuroscience. 2013, vol 31. pp 116-125 (epub)

dc.relation.journal Frontiers of neurology and neuroscience

dc.publisher Karger

dc.relation.hasVersion http://www.karger.com/Article/Abstract/343265 URI

dc.relation.isPartOf PubMed Database

Online Tutorial- PubMed Tutorial

National Library of Medicine. (National Institute of Health). (2013, January 30). PubMed Online Training. Retrieving Citations from a Journal Issue. Retrieved from http://www.nlm.nih.gov/bsd/viewlet/search/scm/scmissue.html

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dc.title Retrieving Citations from a Journal Issue

dc.creator National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health

dc.subject Video-Audio Media MeSH

dc.subject Instructional Films and Videos MeSH

dc.description This PubMed tutorial explains how to retrieve citations from a journal issue by using the single citation matcher or

batch citation matcher tools provided through PubMed

dc.publisher National Library of Medicine

dc.date.issued 2013-01-30 W3CDTF (YYY-MM-DD)

dc.date.modified 2013-01-30 W3CDTF (YYY-MM-DD)

dc.type Interactive Resource DCMIType

dc.format video/x-flv IMT

dc.format.extent 1 min (IMT*)

dc.identifier.uri http://www.nlm.nih.gov/bsd/viewlet/search/scm/scmissue.html URI

dc.language.iso eng ISO639-3

dc.rights National Library of Medicine, National Institute of Health

dc.audience.educationLevel Education, higher LCSH

dc.instructionalMethod Instructional Films and Videos MeSH

*IMT is used for Format, but not used for Extent

Online Magazine- Dwell (Online issues)

Dameron, A. (2013). Dwell hompage. Dwell. Retrieved from www.dwell.com

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dc.title Dwell: At Home in the Modern World: Modern Design & Architecture

dc.title.alternative Dwell

dc.creator Dameron, Amanda

dc.subject Architecture, modern LCSH

dc.subject Design LCSH

dc.description From modern architecture to product design, Dwell is committed to showing you how good design can

complement your life. Discover products, architecture and ideas that will help you integrate the best of

modern design into your living space.

dc.description.abstract We invite you to explore modern homes through the eyes of the people who live in them. Dwell is focused

on demonstrating that modern design can be both functional and comfortable. From modern architecture to

product design, Dwell is committed to showing you how good design can complement your life. Discover

products, architecture and ideas that will help you integrate the best of modern design into your living space.

dc.publisher Dwell Media, LLC.

dc.date.created 2000-10-1 W3CDTF (YYY-MM-DD)

dc.type text DCMIType

dc.format text/html IMT

dc.language. eng ISO639-3

dc.identifier.uri www.dwell.com URI

dc.identifier.issn 1530-5309 ISSN

dc.rights Copyright 2004-2013, Dwell Media LLC. All rights reserved.

Dynamic Content Website- reddit.com

Huffman, S., Ohanian, A. (2013). Reddit front page. Reddit. Retrieved www.reddit.com

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dc.title Reddit: the front page of the internet

dc.title.alternative reddit

dc.creator Huffman, Steve

dc.creator Ohanian, Alexis

dc.subject News Web sites LCSH

dc.subject Electronic discussion groups LCSH

dc.description Reddit is a news website that provides entertainment to registered users in the form of submitted links, text or

images. The submitted content is then ranked via user votes.

dc.publisher Advance Publications

dc.date.created 2005-06-01 W3CDTF (YYY-MM-DD)

dc.type text DCMIType

dc.format text/html IMT

dc.identifier www.reddit.com URI

dc.language mul ISO639-3Web Page w/ Multiple Contributors- mashable.com

Cashmore, P. (2013) Mashable splash page. Mashable. Retrieved http://www.mashable.com

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dc.title Mashable

dc.creator Cashmore, Peter

dc.contributor.editor Ulanoff, Lance

dc.contributor Catone, Josh

dc.contributor Silverman, Matt

dc.contributor Banks, Emily

dc.contributor Taylor, Chris

dc.contributor Wasseman, Todd

dc.contributor Pachal, Pete

dc.contributor Colbert, Annie

dc.contributor Engel, Evan

dc.contributor Buck, Stephanie

dc.subject Social Media LCSH

dc.subject Technology LCSH

dc.subject Business LCSH

dc.subject Entertainment LCSH

dc.subject Science LCSH

dc.subject News Web sites LCSH

dc.description Mashable covers the top social media news on topics like Facebook, YouTube, Gmail, Twitter, Amazon,

Pinterest and More.

dc.publisher Mashable Inc.

dc.date 2005-07-01 W3CDTF (YYY-MM-DD)

dc.type text DCMIType

dc.format text/html IMT

dc.identifier http://www.mashable.com URI

dc.language mul ISO639-3

dc.rights Copyright Mashable Inc., 2005-2013. All rights reserved. Contact Wright’s Media for licensing.

Resource 1: An online journal article from Frontiers of Neurology and Neuroscience, PubMed databaseResource 2: An online tutorial, PubMed Training TutorialResource 3: An online magazine DwellResource 4: A dynamic content news aggregation website, reddit.comResource 5: A website with multiple contributors, Mashable.com

Introduction

In creating Dublin Core records, I over-thought the entire thing and made the process needlessly complex. I was having a difficult time pairing the

property with the syntax, until I took a step back and realized I did not need to include a controlled vocabulary or encoding syntax with every element. This

made the process much smoother and I was able start creating the records in a much more efficient manner.

The resources I chose to create records for included:

- An online journal article from Frontiers of Neurology and Neuroscience, PubMed database

- An online tutorial, PubMed Training Tutorial

- An online magazine Dwell

- A dynamic content news aggregation website, reddit.com

- A website with multiple contributors, Mashable.com

Discussion

Creating the records meant searching for information that may not always be readily available. For each resource, I created a list of all the

information I was able to find on the site itself and then sought out the information to “fill in the gaps” elsewhere. This was a really time-consuming and I

would help there is a much more efficient process for creating this records manually.

Throughout the creation of my records, I had the most difficulty with deciding how much information to include. I began to realize that including

every detail may not be feasible when creating multiple records. This really made me think about FRBR and how useful FRBRized catalogs/collections

would be to the future of digital collections. Manually creating records for the same items over and over again is not the most effective use of time and it

leaves room for increased subjectivity and error.

One of the most difficult elements to find on many of the webpages was a date of creation. Several were created at the same time as their physical

resource, but many were created years after the original resource had been published. I have noticed that, trying to search for items outside of databases

(basic Google search) that fall within a particular date range can be incredibly difficult. Many items online do not have creation dates or even dates at all!

There are so many dates that need to be kept within the timeline of an object. For example, one may want to know the time it took to complete the project

(a range), the date of completion, the date the project or object was uploaded to the web, and the last date the object was modified. The importance of

knowing the historical information as it pertains to the object is exceedingly important, yet it is most often left out.

Another aspect of creating the Dublin Core record that I found tedious was having to search through the entirety of a website’s source. Even using

“ctrl+F/meta” the tags were often scattered throughout the source itself. Trying to read a lengthy description through a jumble of html/xml tags and code

was difficult. I found myself wondering why all the <meta> tags were not clumped together. I’m sure the code may not currently allow it, but it would

definitely be something to consider in the future.

Conclusion

Though I found the assignment to be interesting and somewhat challenging, it made me feel like I was doing more data entry than creation. Perhaps

if the records were unique or original content items (self-posts, personal photographs, etc...) I would have had a stronger connection to them. After I had

created the first three records, I found the last two to be more time-consuming and difficult to wade through. This was my first time creating a record of this

sort, though I help to maintain the University of Kansas Medical Center, Meet Our Experts database (MoE database). I’m sure that like the MoE database,

most have set fields that you just fill in, rather than having to identify the appropriate property for every single entry. I do look forward to the second half of

the class, as I would like to be able to see more of what we have been learning applied to actual situations.