DSpace does collect usage in solr, but doesn't expose those stats in METS when exporting items.
cheers stuart -- ...let us be heard from red core to black sky On Wed, 31 Mar 2021 at 15:00, Fitchett, Deborah <deborah.fitch...@lincoln.ac.nz> wrote: > > DSpace does all its usage stats with SOLR, at least these days, doesn’t it? > Ours stopped working at some point and I never understood it so even once we > got it working again I think all the old stats are missing. There is [at > least one] standard for usage stats if you want one, though I don’t know how > well it’s suited beyond the ebook/journal usage data it was designed for: see > https://www.projectcounter.org/ > > Ah, ethnicity. Author biographical data in general. There are *so many* cases > where it’d be really useful to be able to search or narrow results by > information about the author rather than by how many pages are in the book’s > preface. In an attempt to make progress on a “read a book from every country > in the world” challenge I coded > https://deborahfitchett.com/toys/aroundtheworld/ using Wikidata but… needs > more data. > > Deborah > > From: Code for Libraries <CODE4LIB@LISTS.CLIR.ORG> On Behalf Of Stuart A. > Yeates > Sent: Wednesday, 31 March 2021 10:26 AM > To: CODE4LIB@LISTS.CLIR.ORG > Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] facial hair names > > It was a joke, but with serious intent. > > The pandemic has revealed the extent to which the "metadata" we > consider important is insanely contingent on who's making the call, > when they're making the call, and what the envisioned use for the data > and the metadata. > > We're currently migrating some collections from one DSpace instance to > another using METS. METS has the ball-of-mud approach to metadata (you > can stick _anything_ in there and it's still a ball of mud) but there > appear to be no namespaces for some metadata, like usage stats. Not > even any non-standardised namespaces. Even the archivists don't appear > to have namespaces / standardisation for usage data. Yet most of us > have layers of management who drool over usage stats. > > Why? > > Ethnicity (of authors or subject matter) is another metadata field > where we're lacking and have layers of management who (sh/w)ould love > this information. > > cheers > stuart > -- > ...let us be heard from red core to black sky > > On Wed, 31 Mar 2021 at 09:39, Fitchett, Deborah > <deborah.fitch...@lincoln.ac.nz<mailto:deborah.fitch...@lincoln.ac.nz>> wrote: > > > > I was assuming it was a joke just because I’m not aware of Stuart working > > on collections where such a taxonomy would be useful (though if I’m wrong I > > look forward to seeing a demo sometime!) but that doesn’t preclude serious > > answers too: I can see all sorts of research applications (and various > > surveillance applications) though admittedly I’m mostly envisaging using > > the library discovery layer to play a game of Guess Who. > > > > Deborah > > > > From: Code for Libraries > > <CODE4LIB@LISTS.CLIR.ORG<mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTS.CLIR.ORG>> On Behalf Of > > McDonald, Stephen > > Sent: Wednesday, 31 March 2021 2:09 AM > > To: CODE4LIB@LISTS.CLIR.ORG<mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTS.CLIR.ORG> > > Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] facial hair names > > > > Ah, I see. Was the original question intended as a joke? I took the > > question seriously. There are databases out there which record facial > > features like this and taxonomies exist for various body features. But I'm > > not aware of a metadata standard for exchanging such information. What > > field and taxonomy to use for facial hair is a legitimate question for > > researchers. > > > > Steve McDonald > > steve.mcdon...@tufts.edu<mailto:steve.mcdon...@tufts.edu<mailto:steve.mcdon...@tufts.edu%3cmailto:steve.mcdon...@tufts.edu>> > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Code for Libraries > > <CODE4LIB@LISTS.CLIR.ORG<mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTS.CLIR.ORG<mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTS.CLIR.ORG%3cmailto:CODE4LIB@LISTS.CLIR.ORG>>> > > On Behalf Of Fitchett, Deborah > > Sent: Monday, March 29, 2021 7:46 PM > > To: > > CODE4LIB@LISTS.CLIR.ORG<mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTS.CLIR.ORG<mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTS.CLIR.ORG%3cmailto:CODE4LIB@LISTS.CLIR.ORG>> > > Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] facial hair names > > > > dc.coverage.facial > > > > From: Code for Libraries > > <CODE4LIB@LISTS.CLIR.ORG<mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTS.CLIR.ORG<mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTS.CLIR.ORG%3cmailto:CODE4LIB@LISTS.CLIR.ORG>>> > > On Behalf Of Stuart A. Yeates > > Sent: Monday, 29 March 2021 12:06 PM > > To: > > CODE4LIB@LISTS.CLIR.ORG<mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTS.CLIR.ORG<mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTS.CLIR.ORG%3cmailto:CODE4LIB@LISTS.CLIR.ORG>> > > Subject: [CODE4LIB] facial hair names > > > > The CDC has released a list of facial hair names > > https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/npptl/pdfs/FacialHairWmask11282017-508.pdf<https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/npptl/pdfs/FacialHairWmask11282017-508.pdf><https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/npptl/pdfs/FacialHairWmask11282017-508.pdf<https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/npptl/pdfs/FacialHairWmask11282017-508.pdf>><https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/npptl/pdfs/FacialHairWmask11282017-508.pdf<https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/npptl/pdfs/FacialHairWmask11282017-508.pdf><https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/npptl/pdfs/FacialHairWmask11282017-508.pdf<https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/npptl/pdfs/FacialHairWmask11282017-508.pdf>>> > > > > If we want to use these for facetting, which metadata fields should we be > > using? > > > > cheers > > stuart > > -- > > ...let us be heard from red core to black sky > > > > ________________________________ > > > > "The contents of this e-mail (including any attachments) may be > > confidential and/or subject to copyright. 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