[Metadatalibrarians] VRACore4 used to describe buildings

[Jon Stroop]

Donald,
I don't think the attachment came through, but here are my 
thoughts--excuse my post if they're too obvious.

I've never done a project like this, but I think you're absolutely right 
to go with VRA.  My primary reason is the very clear distinction it 
makes between Materials, Techniques, and Work Type.  It seems like these 
map quite clearly to some of the fields you list.

Other reasons that come to mind:

    * If you want to keep the images associated with the descriptive
      record (as opposed, say, to via a METS) then, again, I think the
      distinction VRA allows you to make between the work and the
      derivative images should serve you well.
    * If you use the restricted schema, you get a nice list of date
      types which I imagine should cover your needs; same goes for location
    * The granularity of the measurements element is also quite nice,
      though encoding all the dimensions may be a bit of a big commitment.

I guess the only thing I wonder is if you have any added constraints 
coming from your content standards that don't fit well with VRA.  If 
not, I think VRA is the way to go.

-Jon

Jon Stroop
Metadata Analyst
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Princeton University
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Donald Moses wrote:
> Hello: 
> I'm looking for advice. We would like to capture metadata about buildings and are considering using VRACore4 as a schema. 
>
> The type of information we will be capturing includes: 
> - name of the building 
> - description of the building 
> - type of building 
> - it dimensions 
> - the materials used to construct it 
> - the architects and builders 
> - location 
> - associated dates (when it was built or opened and when it was destroyed) 
> - images associated with the building 
>
> Am I on the right track with using VRACore4 or should I be looking at a different metadata schema (QDC?) ? I've looked at the examples on the http://www.vraweb.org/projects/vracore4/ website and have created a sample xml file that I have attached. Advice or feedback would be appreciated. 
>
> Thanks, 
> Donald 
>
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