[DDI-users] Crosswalk Bettwen DDI and MODS/METS

[Wendy Thomas]

Dear Minglu,

There is currenlty not a mapping between MODS and DDI but I will look
into it further for you. As for METS, this is a wrapper which has
declared DDI as a means of representing microdata content. There is a
group that is looking at this further to provide clearer guidence. The
primary issue is the top level of what one is describing. Once again,
let me check with a few people and get back to you with additional
detail.

Wendy Thomas
Chair, DDI Technical Implementation Committee

On Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 4:45 PM, Minglu Wang <minglu at rutgers.edu> wrote:
> Dear DDI User Community,
>
> Our institution is trying to develop the data repository and use our current
> Fedora based digital repository, which is using MODS as the metadata
> standard.
>
> I am writing to ask is there metadata crosswalk documentation already
> developed between DDI 3 and MODS or METS? Would you please give me some
> guidance on that?
>
> I have found one from the the VDCIntegration Wiki
> (http://pledge.mit.edu/index.php/VDCIntegration), but only very brief DDI
> fields were mapped. Are there more detailed mapping developed?
>
> Also, how DDI is comparable for using in archiving science data? Are there
> research/practice on the topic? If an institutional data repository is
> trying to develop its metadata standard in order to be able archive research
> data in both social sciences and sciences subjects, what would you suggest
> on that?
>
> Thank you!
>
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> Minglu Wang
> Data Services Librarian
> John Cotton Dana Library
> Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
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>
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> Email: minglu at rutgers.edu
>
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