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  Metadata Toolbox

bullet Metadata Basics - This information package is designed to provide metadata and cataloging educators and trainers, students, and practitioners with a common set of resources and tools.
bullet DC-dot Metadata Editor - use this tool to harvest existing metadata and create unqualified Dublin Core records in a number of presentation formats.
bullet DC-assist - is a small, flexible help utility for metadata applications and is intended to complement the help pages embedded within existing software.
bullet NMP Dublin Core Template - the Nordic Metadata Project's template for producing Qualified Dublin Core records. Includes a preview option and an option for creating shorter metadata records.
bullet Resource Description Framework (RDF) - describes the W3C's central framework for the support of semantic web activity.  RDF files can display metadata records in human-readable format, producing the equivalent of an online catalog entry and bypassing issues of data elements that are not collected by search engine spiders.
bullet WebDoc LCSH Interface - A Web Interface designed to help you access the Library of Congress Subject Headings Database developed by Mississippi State University.  Can be used to assign controlled vocabulary terms in the subject or keyword field.
bullet OCLC FAST - database developed by OCLC to aid in the selection of controlled vocabulary terms when cataloging electronic resources.
bullet Dublin Core Metadata Initiative - an open forum engaged in the development of interoperable online metadata standards that support a broad range of purposes and business models

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