The aim of this pilot project was to develop a model of how to represent visual research objects within the field of art and design in institutional repositories.
The project studied one complex design object, in the research field [of] smart textiles, originated from three researchers at the School of Textiles at the University of Borås. BADA, Borås Academic Digital Archive (DSpace) was used for the example.
The design object was analysed from the metadata standard, CDWA Lite and from Dublin Core, the existing metadata standard in DSpace.
The record, when completed with selected fields from CDWA Lite, was much richer than when only Dublin Core was used. This result shows that using an appropriate, complementary metadata standard could be successful when representing visual objects in open repositories. ...
Posted by
Gavin Baker at 5/05/2009 05:01:00 PM.
The open access movement:
Putting peer-reviewed scientific and scholarly literature
on the internet. Making it available free of charge and
free of most copyright and licensing restrictions.
Removing the barriers to serious research.
I recommend the OA tracking project (OATP) as the best way to stay on top of new OA developments. You can read the OATP feed on a blog-like web page or subscribe to it by RSS, email, or Twitter. You can also help build the feed by tagging new developments you encounter.
