Metadata Schema - Revision history

Ngraham: /* Projection */

2009-08-21T13:09:02Z

Projection

Ngraham: /* Map Metadata Fields and Crosswalks */

2009-06-01T12:52:09Z

Map Metadata Fields and Crosswalks

Ngraham: /* Map Metadata Fields and Crosswalks */

2009-06-01T12:50:24Z

Map Metadata Fields and Crosswalks

Ngraham: /* Map Metadata Fields and Crosswalks */

2009-06-01T12:48:27Z

Map Metadata Fields and Crosswalks

Ngraham at 16:03, 27 January 2009

2009-01-27T16:03:59Z

Diveglia: /* Related Maps */

2008-12-16T15:26:27Z

Related Maps

Diveglia: /* Related Item */

2008-12-16T15:21:05Z

Diveglia: /* Bibliographic Note */

2008-12-16T15:16:45Z

Bibliographic Note

Diveglia: /* Historical Note */

2008-12-16T14:49:00Z

Historical Note

Diveglia at 14:40, 16 December 2008

2008-12-16T14:40:28Z

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 ===Projection===
-Projection should only be noted when the projection used is specified on the map itself.  This field will use terms specified by AACRII: http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/asl/maps/cat/fields.html#proj
+Projection should only be noted when the projection used is specified on the map itself.  This field will use terms specified by AACRII: http://www.acsu.buffalo.edu/~dbertuca/maps/cat/fields.html#proj
 ===Size===

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 |Subject - Graphic
 |Subject
-|650 [Topical Term]
+|655-7$a [TGM II]
 |<mods:subject authority="lctgm">
 :<mods:topic>

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 |Subject - Topical
 |Subject
-|650 [Topical Term]; 651 [Geographic Subject Heading] place name -- $x ( we would put "United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865." because public would consider these topics rather than places)
+|650 [Topical Term]
 |<mods:subject authority="lcsh">
 :<mods:topic>

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 |Creator
+|
-|<mods:name>
+|<mods:name type="corporate">
 :<mods:namePart>
 ::<mods:roleTerm type="text" authority="marcrelator">

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 ===Size===
-Size of the map in centimeters, height by width (for example, "34 x 65 cm.").
+Size of the map in centimeters, height by width (for example, "34 x 65 cm.").  These measurements should refer to the sheet on which the map is printed -- if there is an additional measurement for the map itself, it should go into the map_size fields.
 ===Medium===
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 ===Rights and Permissions===
 This could be either a general statement about reproducing or publishing the map image, a specific statement about rights for an individual map, or simply a link to a general statement about rights and permissions for all of the maps in a certain collection.
 ==Preservation Metadata==

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 ===Related Maps===
-This is a very important, though somewhat hard to define field.  There will be many cases where multiple maps are in effect only slight variations on a single original.  If we are certain, or even pretty sure, that one map is just a slightly altered version of another,the related versions should be listed here.  For now, just include the call number of the related maps.
+There will be many cases where multiple maps are in effect only slight variations on a single original.  If we are certain, or even pretty sure, that one map is just a slightly altered version of another,the related versions should be listed here.  For now, just include the call number of the related maps.
 ===[[Theme]]===

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 ===Related Item===
-If the map is taken from an atlas or a manuscript or archival collection, that should be noted here.
+If the map is taken from an atlas or a manuscript or archival collection, that should be noted here. Think of this field as the "parent item" or "parent collection" from which the map was taken. Entries in this field should generally be written as full citations. If a map was detached from Book A but was also published in Book B, you should mention Book A in this field and Book B in the Bibliographic Note field.
 ===Related Maps===

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 ===Bibliographic Note===
-This field will most often be used to describe notable features on the map that were used to distinguish it from a similar, but separate printing.  This will likely not be necessary with many maps, and the cataloger should take care to use it only for bibliographic issues -- general descriptions and historic information belong in the Abstract and Historic Note fields.  This field might be used for such notes as "Although the date 1750 is printed on the face of the map, Cumming, in the Southeast in Early Maps, suggests that the map was not printed until 1754." or "The absence of Durham and Vance counties, created in 1881, suggests that the map shows North Carolina at an earlier date than the copyright of 1889 states."
+This field is used to describe two distinct things: cataloging information about a specific map, and information about a map's sources and edition. The first area incorporates information about where a cataloger found a title, publication date, or author attribution (for example, "Title supplied by cataloger" or "Publication date from copyright statement"). It also includes information about scale calculation (for instance, if the cataloger found the scale by translating chains into a modern measurement), situation dates (i.e. "The absence of Durham and Vance counties, created in 1881, suggests that the map shows North Carolina at an earlier date than the copyright of 1889 states"), and, in the case of many maps from the Outer Banks History Center, former call numbers. Information about sources and edition will most often describe notable features on the map that were used to distinguish it from a similar, but separate printing.  The cataloger should take care to use it only for bibliographic issues -- general descriptions and historic information belong in the Abstract and Historic Note fields. It can also include the source for information in the abstract (often a gazetteer), the cartographer's source for a map ("This map is based on John Ogilby's 1672 map with few omissions"), the original publication date or the publication date of the map's first edition, names of additional books containing the map (in addition to the one from which it was detached), and a note if the map is of uncertain authorship.
 ===Reference===

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 ===Historical Note===
-Whenever historical or explanatory information is available, it should be included here.  This includes information about items or events that are larger than just the map itself; for example, information about cartographers, a description of the map's historical significance (for example, "This is the first printed map of Durham County"), notes on the laws leading to a map's creation, descriptions of changes in state or county lines, information about the organization that created the map, how often maps were updated, information about the map's creation and publication, and information about base maps and sources of geographic information.  Many State Archives maps have historical information in the catalog record -- that should be captured in this field.
+Whenever historical or explanatory information is available, it should be included here.  This includes information about items or events that are larger than just the map itself; for example, information about cartographers, a description of the map's historical significance (for example, "This is the first printed map of Durham County"), notes on the laws leading to a map's creation, descriptions of changes in state or county lines, information about the organization that created the map, how often maps were updated, and information about the map's creation and publication.  Many State Archives maps have historical information in the catalog record -- that should be captured in this field.
 ===Bibliographic Note===