Hi Robin,
I got a similiar request from our client. Our solution maybe not a good one,
but I'd like to share it with you.
I'll take journal article as an example. We have very similar matadata
fields and we define our own citation format. Instead of letting the user
input the citation in one field, we ask for each individual field and then
assembly them together later for citation display. We defined a seperate
schema to hold the metadata fields (e.g. journal, number, volume and pages)
that don't fit into DC definitions. I designed an XML to define the citation
format for each document type. Here is an example for journal article:
---------------------------------------------------------
<!-- JOURNAL ARTICLE -->
<citation name="journal-article" >
<!-- Author -->
<field>
<dc-schema>dc</dc-schema>
<dc-element>contributor</dc-element>
<dc-qualifier>author</dc-qualifier>
<display-format
multiple-value-seperator=",">@[EMAIL PROTECTED]</display-format>
</field>
<!-- Year -->
<field>
<dc-schema>dc</dc-schema>
<dc-element>date</dc-element>
<dc-qualifier>issued</dc-qualifier>
<display-format> @[EMAIL PROTECTED]</display-format>
</field>
<!-- Title -->
<field>
<dc-schema>dc</dc-schema>
<dc-element>title</dc-element>
<dc-qualifier></dc-qualifier>
<display-format> "@field@"</display-format>
</field>
<!-- Journal -->
<field>
<dc-schema>dlc</dc-schema>
<dc-element>identifier</dc-element>
<dc-qualifier>citationjournal</dc-qualifier>
<display-format> @field@</display-format>
</field>
<!-- Volume -->
<field>
<dc-schema>dlc</dc-schema>
<dc-element>identifier</dc-element>
<dc-qualifier>citationvolume</dc-qualifier>
<display-format> @field@</display-format>
</field>
<!-- Number -->
<field>
<dc-schema>dlc</dc-schema>
<dc-element>identifier</dc-element>
<dc-qualifier>citationnumber</dc-qualifier>
<display-format>(@field@)</display-format>
</field>
<!-- Pages -->
<field>
<dc-schema>dlc</dc-schema>
<dc-element>identifier</dc-element>
<dc-qualifier>citationpages</dc-qualifier>
<display-format>:@field@</display-format>
</field>
<field>
<dc-schema></dc-schema>
<dc-element></dc-element>
<dc-qualifier></dc-qualifier>
<display-format>.</display-format>
</field>
</citation>
---------------------------------------------------------
I coded a CitationManager to load the XML and assembly the citation into
"dc.identifier.citation" field with given format. Though we used
dc.identifier.citation to store generated citation, we did not save it to
the database - it allows us to change the citation format whenever we want
(and that's one of requests from our client). I have tested it on XMLUI and
OAI interfaces, I assume it should work for JSPUI too. To have this happen,
there are several other changes made on DSpace code.
I have been struggled on how this should be implemented and not sure if it
is a good solution. If you come up with a better idea, please let me know
too.
Best,
Ying
----- Original Message -----
From: "Robin Taylor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <dspace-tech@lists.sourceforge.net>
Sent: Friday, February 08, 2008 5:45 AM
Subject: [Dspace-tech] Dublin Core Citations
>I have a question for all the librarians and metadata experts out there,
> with apologies in advance for my sketchy metadata knowledge.
>
> One of our schools is providing us with files of citations to go along
> with
> the items. These citations are in Bibtex format
> Eg.
>
> @Article{journals/aim/Sloman99,
> title = "Review of Affective Computing",
> author = "Aaron Sloman",
> journal = "AI Magazine",
> year = "1999",
> number = "1",
> volume = "20",
> url = "http://dblp.uni-trier.de/db/journals/aim/aim20.html#Sloman99";,
> pages = "127--133",
> }
>
> I need to translate this into Dublin Core. In the case of a journal
> article
> it appears that DC does easily allow for the description of the journal,
> as
> opposed to the article. DC does allow for a 'bibliographicCitation' but it
> is expected that it will be one field containing either a human readable
> citation eg
>
> Schrader, Alvin. "Internet Censorship: Issues for Teacher-Librarian."
> Teacher Librarian 26, no.5 (1999): 5 pp
>
> Or a machine readable equivelant, perhaps in OpenURL format.
>
> See http://dublincore.org/documents/dc-citation-guidelines/ for a better
> description.
>
> So, if I want to translate and store 'journal = "AI Magazine"' from the
> Bibtex file I would have to form a 'bibliographicCitation' with this as
> part
> of it. If I ever wanted to reuse the constituent parts of the
> bibliographicCitation I would need to deconstruct it. I would prefer to
> store the discreet parts and present them as a styled citation when it
> suits
> my purpose.
>
> I have seen a number of DC schema utilising dc.citation.xxx, but as far
> as
> I am aware this is not 'approved' Dublin Core (see
> http://dublincore.org/documents/2008/01/14/dcmi-terms).
>
> Any suggestions as to how I can avoid going down the
> 'bibliographicCitation'
> route would be much appreciated.
>
> Thanks, and apologies for cross-posting.
>
> Robin.
>
>
>
>
>
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