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Categories for the Description of Works of Art

 

CDWA Lite:

XML Schema Content for Contributing Records via the OAI Harvesting Protocol (Version 1.1)

What is CDWA Lite?

CDWA Lite is an XML schema to describe core records for works of art and material culture based on the Categories for the Description of Works of Art (CDWA) and Cataloging Cultural Objects: A Guide to Describing Cultural Works and Their Images (CCO).

Purpose of this schema

The purpose of this schema is to describe a format for core records for works of art and material culture, based on the data elements and guidelines contained in the CDWA and CCO. (CCO is based on a subset of the CDWA categories and VRA Core.) CDWA Lite records are intended for contribution to union catalogs and other repositories using the Open Archives Initiative (OAI) harvesting protocol. Elements 1 through 19 in this schema are for descriptive metadata, based on CDWA and CCO. Elements 20 through 22 deal with administrative metadata. All attributes are optional unless otherwise noted.

NOTE: CDWA Lite version 1.1 (17 July 2006) corresponds to CDWALite-xsd-public-v1-1.xsd. The specification version 1.1 replaces version 1.0.

CDWA Lite Specification: A list of Elements, Tags, Description, and Examples: download the PDF.
CDWA Lite Schema: Version 1.1 CDWALite-xsd-public-v1-1.xsd
(earlier version 1.0 also available.)

CDWA Lite Advisory Committee Open Meeting
10 November 2007, Chicago, Illinois

On November 10, 2007, the CDWA Lite Advisory Committee conducted an open meeting with invited guests to discuss significant developments regarding CDWA Lite and its growing use and acceptance within the larger cultural heritage community.

Summary of the proceedings of the meeting, with a conclusion outlining the charge of the Advisory Committee.

 

Papers, presentations, and other supplemental material related to the meeting:

 

Agenda:

 

CDWA Lite Advisory Committee Meeting Agenda

Opening Remarks:

 

Introduction to CDWA Lite, by Ken Hamma, Getty Trust

 

A Data Exchange Model for Collections of Unique Works, by Ken Hamma, Getty Trust

Introduction:

 

BUILDING CONTENT, BUILDING COMMUNITY: 40 Years of Museum Information and Community, by Erin Coburn, J. Paul Getty Museum

Update:

 

RLG Museum Collections Sharing Working Group, by Günter Waibel, RLG Programs,
OCLC

 

Museum Collections Sharing Working Group

 

OAICatMuseum BETA

Presentation:

 

Museumdat Presentation, by Regine Stein, Zuse-Institute Berlin

 

 

Documentation:

 

 

 

museumdat Harvesting Format for Providing Core Data from Museum Holdings

 

 

 

museumdat XML Schema Definition (.xld)

 

Revised 15 January 2008

 
     

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