Metadata – THATCamp University of Cincinnati 2015 http://ucincinnati2015.thatcamp.org Just another THATCamp site Thu, 31 Mar 2016 21:09:14 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.12 Metadata Standards and Ethics http://ucincinnati2015.thatcamp.org/2015/04/30/metadata-standards-and-ethics/ http://ucincinnati2015.thatcamp.org/2015/04/30/metadata-standards-and-ethics/#comments Thu, 30 Apr 2015 16:42:55 +0000 http://ucincinnati2015.thatcamp.org/?p=210

Good metadata requires standardization and consistency. But historical documents and literature are notoriously messy; how can we create databases, digital editions, and data visualizations that rely on consistent data while maintaining the authenticity and spirit of the original dataset?

These are questions that I’m dealing with working on a database for the Cincinnati House of Refuge Project. I’m standardizing over 6,000 intake records from the 19th century and I’m struggling to make decisions when dealing with data that isn’t consistent.

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OpenRefine is an open-source tool for cleaning and standardizing messy metadata. You can also link to external authorities and export your data in RDF and custom schema. Come with your own dataset and let’s clean!

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