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Naicheng Chang 資訊組織研究:全集資料描述標準Collection Level Description (CLD) 張迺貞 Incident Archived in 3 Different Subject Collections Air crash Cargo plane 28 Republic of Congo 依Metadata屬性/特質區分 來源 internal (如file names and header information) vs. external (如cataloging recs, legal information) 產生方式 automatic vs. manual 性質 creator vs. expert 狀態 static vs. dynamic; long-term vs. short-term 結構 structured vs. unstructured 語意 controlled vs. uncontrolled 層次 collection vs. item (Gilliland-Swetland, 2000) What is a collection?(Dunsire, 2003) “Any aggregation of individual items (objects, resources)” CD Focus briefing paper 1 Size is not a factor – 1 item is possible Varying degrees of permanence Physical juxtaposition not necessary; collections can be distributed across multiple locations Cross-domain Libraries, museums, art galleries, archives etc. “Useful” defined in terms of “Functional granularity” What is CLD? Collection-Level Description Metadata at the level of aggregation: What is a collection?(Chapman, 2006) A group of resources with a common factor On the same topic In the same format Belong(ed) to a person or organisation For a specific group of people Size doesn’t matter Bath University Library – 440,000 volumes Harborow Collection – 5 left-hand gloves Victoria Art Gallery – 150 china dogs Bath Chronicle – 100 linear feet of stored photographs No.1 Royal Crescent – a house Public Record Office – 69 royal charters, commissions and mandates Royal United Hospital – 1,000 e-journals Why collection description? Enable collection provider to disclose information about collections to users Enable user to discover/locate collections select collections to explore/search on basis of summary description compare collections as broadly similar objects (even where items are heterogeneous) understand conditions of access and use interpret collec