[OAI-implementers] set description

[Kat Hagedorn]

Any further description of sets is useful for service providers. The 
set name, being short, can't always completely describe the contents of 
the set. More description helps us decide whether we want to harvest a 
particular set.

- Kat

On Monday, Mar 8, 2004, at 13:42 America/Detroit, Caroline Arms wrote:

>
> The Library of Congress is providing set descriptions, see
>   http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/oai2_0?verb=ListSets
>
> The descriptions use the oai_dc schema.  They are essentially
> collection-level records for the underlying collection of content 
> EXCEPT
> that I use "Records for " at the beginning of the title.  When I 
> wanted to
> do this, I could not find another pattern; you should not look at the
> practice you infer from them as authoritative in any way.
>
> I would be interested in knowing who (if anyone) is finding them 
> useful.
>
>    Caroline Arms                                    caar@loc.gov
>    Office of Strategic Initiatives
>
> On Fri, 13 Feb 2004, Jody DeRidder wrote:
>
>> Is anyone out there using set descriptions (optional tag in header)?
>>    If so, would you please send us a link to your repository/service
>> provider so we could see it applied?
>>
>>    We'd be grateful...
>>
>>   --jody (for Anthony Smith)
>>
>>
>> -- 
>>   Jody DeRidder
>>   IT Administrator II
>>   Digital Library Center
>>   648A John C. Hodges Library
>>   University of Tennessee
>>   Knoxville, TN 37996
>>
>>   Phone: (865) 974-4796
>>   Email: deridder@aztec.lib.utk.edu
>>
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Kat Hagedorn
OAIster/Metadata Harvesting Librarian
DLXS Bibliographic Class Coordinator
DLXS Text Class Co-coordinator
Digital Library Production Service
University of Michigan

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