This document summarizes a previous training session on using the MINT platform to transform metadata into the Europeana Data Model (EDM) format. It discusses basic EDM concepts, the EDM Sounds profile extension, how to use MINT to map provider metadata to EDM Sounds, transform the metadata, and publish it to Europeana. Upcoming topics for a second training session are also listed.
2. Outline
Basic Concepts
EDM
EDM Sounds Profile
MINT instance for Europeana Sounds
Topics to be discussed in the 2nd Training
3. Basic Concepts - EDM
Europeana Data Model
The Europeana Data Model (EDM) is aimed at
being an integration medium for collecting,
connecting and enriching the descriptions
provided by Europeana content providers.
EDM is an ontology. In other words it can be
considered as a vocabulary consisting of classes
and properties that describe the Digitized Cultural
Heritage domain
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4. EDM Classes and Properties
Classes
edm:ProvidedCHO
edm:WebResource
edm:Agent
edm:Place
edm:Timespan
skos:Concept
ore:Aggregation
edm:Collection
Properties
dc:title or dc:description
dc:language for text
objects
dc:subject or dc:type or
dc:coverage or
dcterms:spatial
edm:type
edm:dataProvider
edm:isShownAt
edm:isShownBy
edm:object
edm:provider
edm:rights
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EDM full documentation at http://pro.europeana.eu/page/edm-
documentation
5. Basic Concepts EDM Sounds
EDM Sounds Profile
An extension of the EDM ontology for better fitting
the content provided by the Europeana Sounds
Project
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Classes
mo:MusicGroup
Properties
mo:remaster_of
mo:track_number
ebucore:hasGenre
ebucore:dateDigitise
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EDM Sounds full documentation at
http://pro.europeana.eu/taskforce/edm-profile-for-sound
6. What is MINT?
MINT is an open source, web based platform
for Metadata INTeroperability
It has been successfully used in more than 15
Europeana feeder projects
More than 6.000.000 metadata records have
been produced by it and published on Europeana
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7. MINT for Europeana Sounds
Available at
http://mint-projects.image.ntua.gr/sounds/
MINT is used within the project for
The transformation of providers in house
metadata to high quality EDM Sounds and EDM
metadata.
The publication of EDM metadata on Europeana.
8. MINT Workflow
Create a user and an organization
Import your metadata
Perform a mapping to EDM Sounds
Check the validity of your mapping
Transform your metadata
Preview, check the quality and publish
Check the numbers on NTUAs OAI-PMH
server
9. Create a user and an
organization
http://mint-projects.image.ntua.gr/sounds/
Click on I want to register
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12. User roles
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Administrator: This user can create/update/delete
users and children organizations for the organization he
is administering.
Annotator & Publisher: This user has all the rights of
an annotator as well as rights to perform final publishing
of data.
Annotator: This user can upload data for his/her
organization (and any children organizations) and
perform all available data handling functions (view items,
delete items, mappings etc) provided by the system,
apart from final publishing of data.
Data Viewer: This user only has viewing rights for his
organization
No role: A user that has registered for an organization
but has not yet been assigned any rights.
13. Import your metadata
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Formats
CSV
UTF-8 Encoding
XML file containing metadata for one or many records
ZIP/TGZ file containing many XML files one per cultural
heritage object
Protocols
HTTP upload
Open Archives Initiative - Protocol for Metadata Harvesting
(OAI-PMH)
Import Recommendations
TGZ files containing no more than 50.000 XML files
18. Input Schema Area
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The tree
represents the
snapshot of the
XML schema that
is used as input for
the mapping
process. The user
is able to navigate
and access
element statistics
and also to search
the tree by using
the text field on the
top.
31. Topics to be discussed
Mappings using EDM Collection
Advanced mapping functionalities
Functional mapping
Conditional mapping
Value mapping
Structural mapping
Structural on any element
Thesauri mapping
Updating published datasets on Europeana
Monitoring of metadata production