Chapter 2 - Section 2. Metadata for cultural objects and visual resources (cont.)
VRA Core 3.0 and VRA Core 4.0 Exercises

[Note: Red star* = newly edited or added]

Tools

XML schemas for downloading (if you use an XML editor)

Best practices

VRA Core 3.0 Exercises

2.3 Analyze VRA 3.0 records

2.4 Discuss about the WORK and the photograph of the George Washington Bridge as presented at:

  1. http://historywired.si.edu/objectvoted.cfm?ID=245

  2. http://historywired.si.edu/enlarge.cfm?ID=245&ShowEnlargement=1

VRA Core 4.0 Exercises

2.5 Analyze VRA Core 4.0 record examples

2.6 Convert the existing exhibition records into VRA Core records

2.7 Create a VRA Core record for a photograph:

  • go to American Memory project Website http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html

  • browse --> Architecture, Landscape -->search "George Washington Bridge"

  • select any item and create a VRA Core 4.0 record based on the information

  • Indicate the encoding scheme where those 'subject' terms come from (see next part for controlled vocabularies)

2.8 Create a set of records for a photograph

  • *Go to Corbis Images: http://pro.corbis.com/search/searchFrame.aspx
    http://www.corbisimages.com/
    Type in the search box "Fallingwater" (one word) to start searching. Use the information available for the first Fallingwater photograph. Click on the image to get more information. You will also need to find supplementary information from other sources.

    Create three records:
  1. a record for Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater architecture,
  2. a record for this photograph (treat as WORK), and
  3. a record for the Ultra size digital image of this photograph (treat as IMAGE). (Click on "View Dimensions" button. Use the information listed under "Dimensions & Availability".)

2.9 Create a set of records for a photograph collection

  • Go to American Memory project Website http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html

    browse --> Architecture, Landscape -->search "Fallingwater"

    You will see only two items there. Choose the second one for the house, (not the first one for the GUEST house).
    "Fallingwater, State Route 381 (Stewart Township), Ohiopyle vicinity, Fayette County, PA"

    This is a collection of 84 photos and 12 color transparencies. Create three VRA records:
  1. a record for the architecture work itself. (Treat the Fallingwater building as a WORK).
  2. a record for the whole collection. (Treat the collection as a COLLECTION).
  3. Create a record for a photograph. Select the first (#1) photograph from the 84 b/w photo set and create a record based on the information available. (Treat the photo as an IMAGE). Use the "Larger reference image (JPEG - 212K bytes)" as image's measurement; Use the URL of this larger image as the identifier URI.

Use controlled vocabularies for graphic works

  • Library of Congress Subject Authority File
    http://authorities.loc.gov/
    --> Search Authorities --> choose appropriate file (e.g., Subject Authority Headings) --> type in your term (e.g., bridges) --> check 'Type of heading)

  • * [alternative to LC Subject Authority File]:
    FAST (Faceted Application of Subject Terminology) Authority File
    http://www.oclc.org/research/projects/fast/
    FAST adapted the LCSH with a simplified syntax.
    Current search interface: http://fast.oclc.org/
    Start --> FAST Subject --> Advanced --> choose an appropriate search field (e.g., Keywords in topical headings) --> type your term (e.g., bridges)

  • *Thesaurus for Graphic Materials II:Genre and Physical Characteristic Terms (TGM II)
    http://www.loc.gov/pmei/lexico/tgm1/brsearch.html
    http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/tgm2/