WP4 - Addressing access, use and searchability of secondary data and items

1 Objectives

• To make a detailed survey of all data and items available within the project for illustrating the interactive tools
• To agree on common structural standards (exchange formats) and content standards (thesauri)
• To build and continuously update a searchable on-line database which provides common access to easily exchangeable distributed media resources, including interactive keys and eLearning packages

An overview of the partners and their contributions can be found in "Person months in WP 3, 4 and 5".

2 Deliverables

Deliverables can be downloaded here as soon as they are available.

• D.4.1 Extensive survey on secondary data (T.4.1, month 4)
• Key to Nature EU deliverable D 4.2: Technical blueprint for metadata repository and search tool (T.4.3, month 7)
• D.4.3 Metadata repository and search tool completely implemented (T.4.3), data integrated (T.4.4) and made visible in the KeyToNature portal (month 30)
• D.4.4: Resource Metadata Exchange Agreement (T.4.2., month 12) - Note: Due to international collaboration, the agreement is further updated, the most current version can be found under Resource Metadata Exchange Agreement.

3 Working Area

3.1 Workflow

• Action List WP4

3.2 Resource Metadata collection and repository

Def.: Resource Metadata are searchable descriptions/keywords/URLs of identification tools, images, other media

Background

• Slightly dated: Strategies for collecting resource metadata, WP3/A Wiki for a Community-Based Repository and Registry, OAI-PMH notes, Technical blueprint for metadata repository and search tool
• Publishing reviewed species pages

Current information:

• Help: How to add resource metadata on the Wiki
• Resource Metadata Exchange Agreement
• FEDORA commons pages:
  • FEDORA Evaluation is planning (see also FEDORA Installation, FEDORA Batch Import under implementation)
  • FEDORA Ingestion Service
  • MediaWiki based ingest tool
• General interaction between Wiki and software: Wiki API

Implementation:

• • Metadata repository server (linking to Hardware, Virtualization, Debian installation, etc.)
• FEDORA commons pages: FEDORA Installation, FEDORA Batch Import

3.3 Resource Search Tool

Planning:

• Uses Cases for Resource Search Tool
• Key to Nature - BHL Europe use cases

• CLEANUP NECESSARY: Development of a Resource Search Tool and Development of Flash Media Search Tool overlap.

Implementation:

The Flex-based development will occur on the IBIS-ID SourceForge repository (operated together with WP 9).

• mediaIBIS, with internal pages:
  • MediaIBIS bug reporting and suggestions
  • WP4/mediaIBIS Review
  • WP4/mediaIBIS first general testing
  • WP4/mediaIBIS - Thesaurus extension

4 Communication tips

• Flashmeeting works very well. All WP leaders are bookers and can invite other people. Go to http://flashmeeting.open.ac.uk/mxbooking/ to login and create a booking. Participants can use their video (but don't need to) and a whiteboard and chat area can be used in parallel. Only one person can speak at a time. Sessions are afterwards publicly available.
• Skype works well for chats and phone talks (these also for more than two, video is currently possible only for two participants). Advantage: No scheduling and fixed time, no public recording.

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