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.

Shared Documents (Google Drive)

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.