Tuesday, May 22, 2018

Coding with XML for Efficiencies in Cataloging and Metadata

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Cole, Timothy W., Myung-Ja K. Han, Christine Schwartz. Coding with XML for Efficiencies in Cataloging and Metadata. ALA Editions, 2018. ISBN:978-0-8389-1653-7

Description

This new handbook from the Association for Library Collections & Technical Services (ALCTS) provides guidance on creating metadata for sharing bibliographic records or digital collections on the web, with many examples of how to use XLML or XSLT scripting with library records. 

Table of Contents

Chapter 1    Introduction
Chapter 2    A Quick Review of XML Basics
Chapter 3    Library Metadata in XML
Chapter 4    XML Validation Using Schemas
Chapter 5    An Introduction to XPath and XSLT
Chapter 6    Cataloging Workflows Using XSLT
Chapter 7    Using XSLT to Connect Libraries to the Semantic Web: Transforming XML Metadata into HTML+RDFa
Chapter 8    An Introduction to XQuery for Library Metadata Work including Use Cases
Chapter 9    XQuery Basics
Chapter 10    XQuery Functions including Regular Expressions
Chapter 11    Metadata Workflow Using XQuery: Creating HathiTrust Submission Files for Monograph and Serials Print Holdings
Chapter 12    Resources for Further Study
Appendix A    Sample SPINE Metadata Record for an Emblem Book (discussed in Chapter 7)
Appendix B    XSLT for Creating Book-Level HTML+RDFa (discussed in Chapter 7)
Appendix C    XSLT for Creating Emblem-Level HTML+RDFa (discussed in Chapter 7)
Appendix D    Configurations for Working with XML, XSD, XSLT, and XQuery