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Manually Create MODS & Convert to OAI-DC XML

Manually convert the four MODS records created in the MODS exercise to OAI-DC XML
(simple Dublin Core) following the MODS mapping table from the MODS Website.
Convert the same four MODS records using the MODS 3.4 to DC Stylesheet.
Compare/Contrast the records you created manually against the records created with the
stylesheet. Where are there ambiguities and challenges in mapping data from the MODS to the
Dublin Core?
Evaluate the metadata records in terms of their overall quality and shareability.
You will submit a zipped file with the 4 MODS records in XML (updated, as necessary), 4 OAI
DC created manually, 4 OAI DC Records in XML created using the MODS to DC stylesheet,
and the Word document.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<oai_dc:dc xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/
http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc.xsd"
xmlns:oai_dc="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/"
xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">
<dc:title>Through one hundred and fifty years</dc:title>
<dc:title>the University of Pittsburgh</dc:title>
<dc:contributor>Starrett, Agnes Lynch</dc:contributor>
<dc:publisher>University of Pittsburgh</dc:publisher>
<dc:date>1937</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>ULS Archives Service Center</dc:publisher>
<dc:language>English</dc:language>
<dc:format> xvi, 581, [1] p. : incl. front. plates, ports., 2 facsim. ; 25 cm</dc:format>
<dc:format>print</dc:format>
<dc:description>
Chapter I. The Incorporators of the Academy in Pittsburgh;
Chapter II. Hugh Henry Brackenridge and the Academy Charter;
Chapter III. Masters and Students in the Academy;
Chapter IV. The University of Pennsylvania West of the Mountains;
Chapter V. The First Faculty and the First Course of Study;
Chapter VI. Students Under Robert Bruce, John Black, and Father Maguire, 1822-1835;
Chapter VII. Gilbert Morgan, President of the Western University of Pennsylvania;
Chapter VIII. The Last Years of Robert Bruce and John Black at the University;
Chapter IX. The Experimental Years at Third and Cherry and on Duquesne Way;
Chapter X. Fallow Years of the Western University, 1849-1855;
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Chapter XI. The Western University at Ross and Diamond;

Chapter XII. The Western University in Old Allegheny;
Chapter XIII. William Jacob Holland and John Alfred Brashear;
Chapter XIV. Samuel Black McCormick and the Greater University;
Cahpter XV. John Gabbert Bowman and the Cathedral of Learning;
Chapter XVI. Allegheny Observatory of the University of Pittsburgh;
Chapter XVII. Schools of Engineering and of Mines;
Chapter XVIII. School of Law;
Chapter XIX. School of Medicine;
Chapter XX. School of Dentistry;
Chapter XXI. School of Pharmacy;
Chapter XXII. School of Business Administration;
Chapter XXIII. School of Education;
Chapter XXIV. Extension Division, Summer Session, and Evening Classes;
Chapter XXV. Mellon Institute of Industrial Research;
Chapter XXVI. Graduate Shool and Research Divisions;
Chapter XXVII. The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences;
Chapter XXVIII. Last Chapter;
Author's Bibliography Notes;
Appendix A;
Appendix B;
Appendix C;
Index;
</dc:description>
<dc:subject>University of Pittsburgh - History</dc:subject>
<dc:subject>University and College Pennsylvania-Pittsburgh-History</dc:subject>
<dc:coverage>United States</dc:coverage>
<dc:coverage>Pennsylvania</dc:coverage>
<dc:coverage>Pittsburgh</dc:coverage>
<dc:coverage>1787-1937</dc:coverage>
<dc:type>History</dc:type>
<dc:subject>LD6013.S79</dc:subject>
<dc:identifier>LD6013.S79 1937</dc:identifier>
<dc:rights>Copying allowed for non-profit organizations</dc::rights>
<dc:rights>Use of this public-domain resource is restricted</dc:rights>
<dc:rights>Restricted: cannot be viewed until 2010; Members of donor's family</dc:rights>
<dc:format>Vol. 1, Pg. 7-541</dc:format>
<dc:description>http://www.ntltd.org/standards/metadata/etdms/1.0/etdms.xsd, Doctor of
Philosophy, Doctorial, Educational Administration</dc:description>
<dc:source>Universit Ren Descartes Bibliothque</dc:source>
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<dc:source>human prepared</dc:source>
<dc:language>French</dc:language>
</oai_dc:dc>
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<oai_dc:dc xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/
http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc.xsd"
xmlns:oai_dc="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/"
xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">
<dc:title>Pennsylvania Railroad Glass Negative Collection </dc:title>
<dc:title>P.C.C. and ST. L. RY.</dc:title>
<dc:subject>Railroad</dc:subject>
<dc:subject>Railroad Station</dc:subject>
<dc:coverage>1907-1917</dc:coverage>
<dc:coverage>PennsylvaniaPittsburgh, OhioCincinnati, IllinoisChicago, MissouriSt.
Louis</dc:coverage>
<dc:publisher>University of Pittsburgh</dc:publisher>
<dc:publisher>ULS Archives Service Center</dc:publisher>
<dc:date>2013-03</dc:date>
<dc:contributor>Villareal, Cameron</dc:contributor>
<dc:type>StillImage</dc:type>
<dc:format>glass plate</dc:format>
<dc:format>8 x 10 in size</dc:format>
<dc:relation>The Pennsy in the steel city: 150 years of the Pennsylvania Railroad in Pittsburgh
</dc:relation>
<dc:relation>
Kobus, Ken, and Jack Consoli. 1996. The Pennsy in the steel city: 150 years of the
Pennsylvania Railroad in Pittsburgh.
Upper Darby, PA (P.O. Box 389, Upper Darby 19082): Pennsylvania Railroad Technical
and Historical Society.
Kobus, Ken, and Jack Consoli. 1998. The Pennsylvania Railroad's Golden Triangle: main
line panorama in the Pittsburgh area.
Upper Darby, PA (P.O. Box 389, Upper Darby 19082): Pennsylvania Railroad Technical
and Historical Society
</dc:relation>
<dc:identifier>201203.1913.4336</dc:identifier>
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<dc:identifier>20130206-hpicasc-0138.jpg</dc:identifier>
<dc:description>
The north east view of Central Avenue Subway, depicting working men in railroad cars
on a bridge over a river.
Inscriptions on the lower right corner identifies this still image was taken by Pittsburgh,
Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad (P.C.C. and ST.L.RY)
Cincinnati Division, South Charleston, Ohio, M.P. 2 + 00, on March 31, 1913, 1:05P.M.,
No. 4336.
</dc:description>
<dc:rights>no restrictions</dc:rights>
<dc:language>English</dc:language>
</oai_dc:dc>
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<oai_dc:dc xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/
http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc.xsd"
xmlns:oai_dc="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/"
xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">
<dc:title>Pennsylvania Railroad Glass Negative Collection </dc:title>
<dc:title>P.C.C. and ST. L. RY.</dc:title>
<dc:subject>Railroad</dc:subject>
<dc:subject>Railroad Station</dc:subject>
<dc:coverage>1907-1917</dc:coverage>
<dc:coverage>PennsylvaniaPittsburgh, OhioCincinnati, IllinoisChicago, MissouriSt.
Louis</dc:coverage>
<dc:publisher>University of Pittsburgh</dc:publisher>
<dc:publisher>ULS Archives Service Center</dc:publisher>
<dc:date>2013-03</dc:date>
<dc:contributor>Villareal, Cameron</dc:contributor>
<dc:type>StillImage</dc:type>
<dc:format>glass plate</dc:format>
<dc:format>8 x 10 in size</dc:format>
<dc:relation>The Pennsy in the steel city: 150 years of the Pennsylvania Railroad in Pittsburgh
</dc:relation>
<dc:relation>
Kobus, Ken, and Jack Consoli. 1996. The Pennsy in the steel city: 150 years of the
Pennsylvania Railroad in Pittsburgh.
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Upper Darby, PA (P.O. Box 389, Upper Darby 19082): Pennsylvania Railroad Technical
and Historical Society.
Kobus, Ken, and Jack Consoli. 1998. The Pennsylvania Railroad's Golden Triangle: main
line panorama in the Pittsburgh area.
Upper Darby, PA (P.O. Box 389, Upper Darby 19082): Pennsylvania Railroad Technical
and Historical Society
</dc:relation>
<dc:identifier>201203.1913.4502</dc:identifier>
<dc:identifier>20130206-hpicasc-0178.jpg</dc:identifier>
<dc:description>
This still image of a railroad passenger station, view from the rear of the railroad passenger
station, north side and east end of the building,
with the inscriptions on the lower right corner identifies this still image
was taken by Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad
(P.C.C. and ST.L.RY) Cincinnati Division, South Charleston, Ohio, on June 27, 1913,
9:42A.M., No. 4502.
</dc:description>
<dc:rights>no restrictions</dc:rights>
<dc:language>English</dc:language>
</oai_dc:dc>
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<oai_dc:dc xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/
http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc.xsd"
xmlns:oai_dc="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/"
xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">
<dc:title>Pennsylvania Railroad Glass Negative Plate Collection</dc:title>
<dc:title>P.C.C. and ST.L. RY.</dc:title>
<dc:subject>Railroad</dc:subject>
<dc:subject>Railroad stations</dc:subject>
<dc:coverage>1907-1917</dc:coverage>
<dc:coverage>PennsylvaniaPittsburgh,OhioCincinnati, IllinoiseChicago, MissouriSt.
Louis</dc:coverage>
<dc:publisher>University of Pittsburgh</dc:publisher>
<dc:publisher>ULS Archives Service Center</dc:publisher>
<dc:date>2013-03</dc:date>
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<dc:contributor>Villareal, Cameron</dc:contributor>
<dc:type>StillImage</dc:type>
<dc:format>glass plate</dc:format>
<dc:format>8 x 10 in size</dc:format>
<dc:relation>the Pennsy in the steel city: 150 years of the Pennsylvania Railroad in
Pittsburgh</dc:relation>
<dc:relation> Kobus, Ken, and Jack Consoli. 1996. The Pennsy in the steel city: 150 years of the
Pennsylvania Railroad in Pittsburgh.
Upper Darby, PA (P.O. Box 389, Upper Darby 19082): Pennsylvania Railroad Technical
and Historical Society.
Kobus, Ken, and Jack Consoli. 1998. The Pennsylvania Railroad's Golden
Triangle: main line panorama in the Pittsburgh area.
Upper Darby, PA (P.O. Box 389, Upper Darby 19082): Pennsylvania Railroad Technical
and Historical Society.
</dc:relation>
<dc:identifier>201203.193.4501</dc:identifier>
<dc:identifier>20130206-hpicasc-0177.jpg</dc:identifier>
<dc:description>
This still image of five men re-grading the rail tracks in front of a railroad passenger station with
wooden fence, south side and east end of the building,
with the inscriptions on the lower right corner identifies this still image
was taken by Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad
(P.C.C. and ST.L.RY) Cincinnati Division, South Charleston, Ohio, on June 27, 1913,
9:35A.M., No. 4501.
</dc:description>
<dc:rights>no restrictions</dc:rights>
<dc:language>English</dc:language>
</oai_dc:dc>
MODS Assignment (Due July 21)

No. 4
Compare/Contrast the manual created oai-DC vs. auto created DC records:
I found that the automated DC combined the <title> elements in the format of Title: Subtitle
whereas I repeated the <title> element to enter the title and subtitle. The automated stylesheet
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vs. the oai-dc manual where I repeated the <subject> element. Such as, Railroad, and Railroad
Station.
Also I found ambiguity between my use of <creator> vs. automated <contributor>, and the
ambiguity between manual oai-dc <format> and automated stylesheet <type>. I also found the
difference in <dc:type> use of CamelCase and I forgot to use CamelCase in my manual oai-dc.
The loss of richness is in the <description>, <relation>, and <source>, but I did not find any
potential loss of function, just lost of detailed descriptive information.

No. 5
Evaluate in terms of:
1. Overall quality
The overall quality is good. All essential information is captured and concise.
2. Shareability
I think the shareability is good because it is in the most common usable form (DC
Simplified), but mostly because it contains all the essential descriptive information to
make discoverability possible.
3. Extent to which they can stand on their own to make the digital resources they represent both
finable and interpretable after mapping to simple Dublin Core.
I think the extent to which it is finable and interoperable is good. Although it removed
the richness of the detailed description of the content, it does not affect the overall
function of the metadata.