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OCLC’s Digital Archive – Disseminating with OCLC’s Digital Archive – Disseminating with

METSMETSJay GoodkinSoftware Engineer

Digital Collection and Preservation Services

Today’s PresentationOCLC Digital Archive OverviewDissemination WorkflowOCLC’s METS Implementation for Dissemination

OCLC Digital Archive -

OverviewFunctions include:– Harvest– Ingest– Content Group Management– Rights Group Management– Viewing– Dissemination– Reports– Periodic Audits of Objects in the Archive– Frequent Backups and Disaster Prevention

Dissemination Information Packages based on METS schema

Digital Archive ServicesDigital Archive Services

Discovery ServicesDiscovery Services

Digital Archive RecordContains the Metadata for each Digital Object in the ArchiveExtension of Dublin CoreEntered and Maintained using OCLC’s Connexion Service Starting Point for Most Functions in the ArchivePlease see http://www.oclc.org/support/documentation/digitalarchive/da_metadata_elements/ for a detailed description of our metadata elements

DA Record in Connexion

Disseminating an Object

Dissemination OptionsDissemination Options

Original Links – Disseminate Original HTML Pages as Captured from the WebRelative Links – Disseminate a Locally Viewable Object

Dissemination Dissemination

ConfirmationConfirmation

ReportsReports

Each Object has a List of Associated Reports Harvest, Ingest and Disseminate Reports shown

Dissemination ReportDissemination Report

Dissemination ManagerDissemination Manager

Inside OCLC’s DIPInside OCLC’s DIPSupports Multiple ObjectsContains all Content Files for each ObjectContains one METS ManifestContains all Object-Level METS Documents

WinZIP View of the DIPWinZIP View of the DIP

METS ManifestMETS Manifest

Uses mptr to point to all Object-Level METS Documents included in the DIP

OCLC’s METS ProfileOCLC’s METS ProfileHeader - No extensionDescriptive Metadata Section - OCLC descriptive schema http://digitalarchive.oclc.org/schemas/oclc_dm.xsd File Section - No extensionStructural Map Section - No extensionBehavior Section - No extension

METS Profile ContinuedMETS Profile ContinuedAdministrative Metadata Section –MIX schema http://www.loc.gov/standards/mix/mix.xsd textMD schema http://dlib.nyu.edu/METS/textmd.xsd OCLC provenance schema http://digitalarchive.oclc.org/schemas/oclc_prov.xsd

METS HeaderMETS Header

References OCLC ExtensionsReferences Industry Standard Extensions – e.g. Mix

METS File GroupMETS File Group

Lists all Content Files for a given ObjectPoints to Technical/Provenance Metadata for each File

TechMD Mix ExampleTechMD Mix Example

ProvMD Mix ExampleProvMD Mix Example

StructMap ExampleStructMap Example

StructMap & Web StructMap & Web

DocumentsDocumentsFitting Web Documents into div StructureIssues with representing Links and OffsetsstructLink shows which Pages link together but not where the Links occurConsidered using the <par><area> structure

Multi-Object DIPMulti-Object DIP

Multi-Object ManifestMulti-Object Manifest

Issues with Issues with

DisseminationDisseminationInteroperability of OCLC’s DIPIssues with encoding large Digital Objects into a METS packageStandardization of Extension Schemas Web Documents

Future PlansFuture PlansUse METS to Integrate with other Digital Repositories - CONTENTdm- Olive- DSpace- Etc.

Redesign Digital Archive Storage Layer based on METS

Contacts at OCLC • Please visit our Web site at:

http://www.oclc.org/digitalarchive/• Contacts:

Pam Kircher – Product Managerkircherp@oclc.org

Shweta Rani – Software Developerranis@oclc.org

Jay Goodkin – Software Developergoodkinj@oclc.org

Questions • Please see our Tutorial at:

http://www.oclc.org/support/training/digitalarchive/

• Questions?