Week 6 Muddiest Point

When converting the DTD to Schema how does the attribute associate with the element if it is placed after the closed sequence?

Assignment 2 link

http://www.flickr.com/photos/59900142@N02/?save=1

Week 6 Readings

Bryan:

This article was useful in describing what XML can and cannot do. One of the most important points that he makes is how XML clearly defines the boundaries of each part of a document, it requires the user to clearly delineate between areas such as chapters or references. He also gives a useful explanation of what markup tags are and how they are used to clearly label each element of the document.

Bergholz:

This article gives a good explanation of the attributes of XML. There is useful descriptions of what a DTD is and how it defines the structure of the document, the use of namespaces to avoid clashes between similar tag names, and how you can use style sheets to convert XML to HTML. This article was helpful for me as a beginner in XML to better understand what these attributes are and how they are useful.

Ogbuji:

This article was difficult for me to understand as it was very heavy with technical language. It was helpful to come back to it after reading the Bryan and Burgholz articles and I was able to grasp some of what he was saying, but the language of the other two articles was much easier to understand.

 

Muddiest Point Week 5:

If it is easy for digital objects to be corrupted or altered, and we think of metadata as a way of preserving the object, don't we also need to worry about the metadata being corrupted, altered, or misunderstood as there is no real standardization?

Week 5 Readings

Witten:

This reading describes the beginnings of cataloging and how these techniques can be applied to the digital library. It goes on to describe the uses of the LOC subject headings and authorities in creating metadata. Witten describes the creation and use of the MARC record and Dublin Core as a means to access metadata.

 

Gilliand:

Gilliand describes the uses and importance of metadata. Including the point that all information contains three aspects that should be reflected through metadata: content, context, and structure. Also she points out that it is important to separate metadata into categories: administrative, descriptive, preservation, use, and technical.

 

Weibel:

Weibel gives an interesting view into the background of Dublin Core. An important point that he makes is that librarians should create and write their own metadata in order to maintain standardization.

 

Muddiest point from week 4:

How does DRM effect our choices for digitzation?