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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><a name="_MailEndCompose"><span style='color:#1F497D'>FYI, for the DAI mail list. <o:p></o:p></span></a></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'> -=- Mike<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Mike Kearney<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Huntsville, Alabama, USA<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> curators@iipc.simplelists.com [mailto:curators@iipc.simplelists.com] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Kendall, Skip<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, June 6, 2017 8:39 AM<br><b>To:</b> curators@iipc.simplelists.com<br><b>Subject:</b> [IIPC Web Curators] Comments due Friday! Web archiving descriptive metadata best practices report<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Greetings—<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>As you may know, the OCLC Research Library Partnership Web Archiving Metadata Working Group (<a href="http://www.oclc.org/research/themes/research-collections/wam.html" target="_blank">WAM</a>) has been working for the past year to draft best practices for web archiving metadata—and voila, <a href="https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B7XD89gl28x5aTF1a3pMSzZxbVk" target="_blank">here’s our draft report for your review</a>. (<a href="https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B7XD89gl28x5aTF1a3pMSzZxbVk">https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B7XD89gl28x5aTF1a3pMSzZxbVk</a>) <b>Deadline for comments is this FRIDAY 9 June.</b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>The audience for these best practices is everyone who creates metadata for archived websites. As you know, websites are idiosyncratic in form, structure, and presentation of metadata-worthy information, and the WAM will help practitioners make consistent decisions and thus increase the efficiency of their work.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>The data dictionary is lean (14 elements) and can be used either on its own or in concert with library and archival standards that are far more granular. Data element names and definitions were adopted or adapted from existing standards whenever feasible to enhance compatibility. Each element includes a definition, usage guidelines and notes, brief crosswalks to relevant standards, and examples taken directly from extant metadata records.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>These were our specific objectives:<o:p></o:p></p><ol start=1 type=1><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3'>Prepare standards-neutral and community-neutral best practices for descriptive metadata for archived web content, taking into account the needs of end users and metadata practitioners.<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3'>Develop a lean set of defined data elements (i.e., a data dictionary).<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3'>Prepare usage notes to address the peculiarities and ambiguities of websites that have limited the value of existing standards for descriptive metadata.<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3'>Ensure that the data elements can be used in concert with other standards that have far more granular data element sets.<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3'>Ensure that the guidelines take into account both bibliographic and archival approaches to description.<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3'>Recommend a sustainable approach that does not mandate in-depth description or extensive changes to records over time.<o:p></o:p></li></ol><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Again, the <b>deadline for comments is Friday 9 June</b>; <b>send to <a href="mailto:dooleyj@oclc.org">dooleyj@oclc.org</a></b>. Our publication target date is toward the end of July.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Please forward this message to anyone who may be interested. We’re eager to have it reviewed as widely as possible by members of the web archiving and metadata communities to ensure that these best practices are as sound and useful as possible.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Thanks for your help!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>--Jackie & the rest of the Web Archiving Metadata Working Group<o:p></o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="19%" style='width:19.86%'><tr><td width="100%" valign=top style='width:100.0%;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:black'>--</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:black'>Jackie Dooley</span><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr><tr><td valign=bottom style='padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:black'>Program Officer, OCLC Research</span><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr><tr><td valign=bottom style='padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:black'>647 Camino de los Mares, Suite 108-240</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:black'>San Clemente, CA 92673</span><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr><tr><td valign=bottom style='padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:black'>office/home 949-492-5060<br>mobile 949-295-1529<br><a href="mailto:dooleyj@oclc.org">dooleyj@oclc.org</a></span><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr><tr><td valign=top style='padding:6.0pt 0in 3.75pt 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><a href="http://www.oclc.org/home.en.html?cmpid=emailsig_logo"><span style='color:black;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=119 height=40 id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.png@01D2DEA8.C213DF80" alt="http://www.oclc.org/content/dam/ext-ref/emailsignature/oclc-logo-emailsignature.png"></span></a><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 4.5pt 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:black'><a href="http://www.oclc.org/home.en.html?cmpid=emailsig_link">OCLC.org</a>/research</span><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><pre>Unsubscribe from this list at : <a href="http://www.simplelists.com/confirm.php?u=mtQE69IQfibu3mPYPLroktns59PyMVzE">http://www.simplelists.com/confirm.php?u=mtQE69IQfibu3mPYPLroktns59PyMVzE</a><o:p></o:p></pre></div></body></html>