TEF :Metadata for French thesis and

dissertations

Dalila Boudia

Rosa María Gómez de Regil

INSA de Lyon, France

Groupe AFNOR CG46/CN357/GE5

Seventh International Conference on Grey Literature

Nancy, France – 5-6 december 2005

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Context

Since 2000, national program to promote electronic thesis and dissertations

local level (Universities)

- Thesis production and validation

- Metadata production

- Metadata promotion

- Full-text online access

national level (MENSR)

- National bibliography (union catalog SUDOC)

- Digital preservation (CINES)

- Full-text online access

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TEF definition

• TEF producers– AFNOR experts (CG46/CN357/GE5)

• Thesis and dissertations professional users• Librarians

• Metadata recommendation for French digital thesis and dissertations– data element definitions = TEF vocabulary– packaged XML schema = TEF format

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TEF object

ThesisThesis

Academical document

Administrative document

Diploma

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TEF metadata

• Metadata types

– Descriptive metadata TEF 1.0

(May 2005)

– Administrative metadata– Rights metadata TEF 2.0– Preservation metadata (January 2006)

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Metadata functions

• Descriptive metadata– Identify– Find– Select– Access

• Administrative metadata – Administrative tasks – Rights management– Long-term preservation

thesis and dissertations

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TEF advantages

• Thesis and dissertations Web referencing

• Thesis and dissertations management

• Metadata exchange between local actors and national or international actors

• Grey Literature promotion

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TEF + other standards

Dublin Coresimple

qualified

ETD-MS

UNIMARC

MADS Authority

New elements

= TEFMETS Rights

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TEF and Dublin Core

• Stakes– International interoperability– Easy TEF-DC conversion– Minimal referencing

• Dublin Core– Simple– QualifiedAbstract Model

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TEF and UNIMARC format

• Stakes– National bibliography catalog entry (SUDOC)– Rich referencing– Dublin Core - UNIMARC mapping

• UNIMARC exemples– marc.thesisAdvisor– marc.opponent– marc.researcher

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TEF and ETD-MS

• Stakes– International metadata exchange– ETD-MS compatibility

• NDLTD ETD-MS exemples– thesis.degree

• thesis.degree.level

• thesis.degree.name

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TEF new elements

• Stakes– National concepts

• TEF’s new elements exemples– thesisID – NNT (national thesis identifier)– ecoleDoctorale– indexationCTRL

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Open Access perspectives

• OAI/PMH possibilities– Dublin Core standard as interoperability

format– OAISet element

• Subject set based on Dewey Decimal Classification

• Metadata as a fundamental open access tool

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Conclusion

Grey Literature visibility

New management and cooperative tools

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References

TEF 1.0 (Descriptive Metadata) : May 2005

TEF 2.0 (All metadata) : January 2006

Website

http://www.abes.fr/abes/documents/tef/index.html

Recommendation

http://www.abes.fr/abes/documents/tef/recommandation/index.html

http://www.abes.fr/abes/documents/tef/recommandation/tef_01.pdf

http://www.abes.fr/abes/documents/tef/recommandation/xml/tef_schema_01.xsd

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Thank you !