Background Resources

General Collection Description

• RSLP Collection Description Project
  • An Analytical Model of Collections and their Catalogues - Michael Heaney, University of Oxford, January 2000
  • RSLP Collection Description Schema
  • RSLP Collection Description Microsoft Access Database
• UKOLN Collection Level Description pages
  • Collection Level Description - a review of existing practice, an eLib supporting study - Andy Powell, UKOLN, August 1999
• Dublin Core Collection Description Working Group [UK mirror]

Collection Description - by domain

Archive

• General International Standard Archival Description (ISAD(G))
• Encoded Archival Description (EAD)

Gallery

Library

Museum

General Metadata/Resource Description

• UKOLN metadata pages
• IFLA metadata resources
• Dublin Core [French mirror]

Resource Description Framework (RDF)

• W3C RDF activity page
• RDF Resource Guide - Dave Beckett, ILRT
• UKOLN RDF page