The key to enduring access: Cross-complex Metadata collaboration. Revision 1
- Lawrence Livermore National Lab., CA (United States)
- Los Alamos National Lab., NM (United States)
- USDOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
The Nuclear Weapons Information Group (NWIG) is a voluntary collaborative effort of government organizations involved in nuclear weapons research, development, production, and testing. Standardized metadata is seen as critical to the locating, accessing, and effective use of the data, information, and knowledge of both past and future weapons activities. This paper will describe the activities of the NWIG Metadata Working Group in developing the metadata elements and authorities which will be used to share information about data stored in computers and vaults across the complex. With the current lack of secure network connectivity, it is impossible to have distributed access. Therefore we have focused on standardizing the form and content of shared metadata. We have adopted a SGML-based neutral exchange form that is completely independent of how the metadata is created and how it will be used. Our efforts have included the definition of a set of metadata elements that can be applied to all data types and additional attributes specific to each data type, such as documents, drawings, radiographs, photos, movies, etc. We have developed a common subject categorization taxonomy and identified several subsets of a standard glossary and thesaurus for inclusion in the metadata to provide consistency of terminology and the capability to link back to the full thesaurus. 2 refs., 2 figs., 2 tabs.
- Research Organization:
- Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-48
- OSTI ID:
- 446008
- Report Number(s):
- UCRL-JC-123791-Rev.1; CONF-9608149-3; ON: DE96050544
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 13. DOE Office Information Technology conference, Baltimore, MD (United States), 26-29 Aug 1996; Other Information: PBD: Aug 1996
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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