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Abstract

The Computer Interchange of Museum Information (CIMI), operating from 1990-2003, was charged with creating and introducing the international museum community to the concept of adopting metadata industry standards. The CIMI consortium exceeded its original mission by; creating a standards framework, profile, testbeds, important metadata publications, free downloadable metadata software and protocols, and providing instrumental guidance and support in development of new projects. However, CIMI’s emphasis on the importance and utility of a standards-based approach and the necessity for implementing the CIMI Standards Framework is probably its most important achievement. During CIMI’s tenure, museums reaped the benefits by learning how to apply the model and standards to meet their individual needs while not having to invent new ones or bear the cost of software development. Although CIMI operations ceased in 2003, its impacts on museum related metadata application and research were unprecedented in that it provided the standards prototype and foundations on which to build. This paper discusses what CIMI bequeathed to the next generation of museum metadata field developers and describes the anticipated realm of future projects and advancement.

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최근 문화콘텐츠 관련 기관들은 분산 네트워크를 통해 이용자에게 문화콘텐츠의 접근을 점차 확대시키고 있다. 그러나 문화콘텐츠의 특성상 일반 콘텐츠와 달라서 많은 문화콘텐츠 객체는 정보의 조직과 검색에 사용할 수 있는 단어를 거의 포함하고 있지 못하다. 이러한 문화콘텐츠 시스템이 서비스 될 경우, 효율적으로 자원을 식별하고 검색할 수 없게 될 뿐 아니라 다양한 문화콘텐츠 메타데이터 요소간의 명칭, 표현, 의미가 상이하여 시스템간 연동이나 정보공유가 어렵게 된다. 이러한 문제를 해결하기 위해 문화콘텐츠의 속성에 적합한 표준화된 메타데이터의 조직과 관리가 필요하다. 본 연구는 문화콘텐츠 분야에서 다야하게 접근되고 있는 메타데이터 포맷인 Dublin Core, EAD, VRA, CDWA, CIMI. Object ID를 중심으로 각 포맷의 데이터 요소를 비교 분석함으로써 상이한 메타데이터 포맷의 상호운용성 확보를 통하여 문화콘텐츠 통합을 위한 기초 자료를 제공하고자 하였다.

Abstract

Recently, the organizations related to cultural contens are gradually expanding access to cultural contents for general public through the distributed network. However, since cultural contents have different characteristics than general contents, the objects of cultural contents seldom contain the words generally used for organization and seach of information. If the cultural contents system is created without any consideration of such differences, we cannot effectively identify and search resources. Moreover, because the names, expressions and meanings are different between matadata elements of various cultural contents, it is very difficult to interconnect or share information between different systems. In order to solve these problems, proper organization and management of metadata is vital. In this study, we have comparatively analyzed the data elements of each format based on Dublin Core, EAD, VRA, CDWA, CIMI, and Object ID, the metadata formats approached from various aspects in the cultural contents area. Through this study, we tried to provide the basic materials for integration of cultural contents by securing interoperability of different meta formats.