Re: [sword-app-tech] communicating a controlled vocabulary to SWORD client

[TAYLOR R. <Rob...@ed...>]

Hi Philip,

Lets assume for the sake of discussion that you are right and that the answer is... don't even try this :) , then what about considering another web service alongside SWORD? It might be useful for a repository, or similar, to provide a profile(s) of supported metadata for the use of a SWORD client, or any other ingest mechanism for that matter. 

Cheers, Robin.

Robin Taylor
Main Library
University of Edinburgh
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From: Philip Durbin <phi...@ha...>
Sent: 20 May 2014 16:13
To: <swo...@li...>
Subject: [sword-app-tech] communicating a controlled vocabulary to SWORD        client

I was just looking at "Typically, the subject will be represented
using keywords, key phrases, or classification codes. Recommended best
practice is to use a controlled vocabulary." from
http://dublincore.org/documents/2012/06/14/dcmi-terms/?v=terms#subject

Let's pretend I take this advice and only want to support a controlled
vocabulary for dcterms:subject. Something like this:

<dcterms:subject>Arts and Humanities

<dcterms:subject>Astronomy and Astrophysics

<dcterms:subject>Business and Management

etc. etc.

But can I communicate my list of controlled vocabulary for
dcterms:subject (and possibly other fields such as dcterms:language)
to the SWORD client in the Service Document?

Of would I let the SWORD client *try* to create an Atom resource and
when it fails (because it can't possibly guess what my controlled
vocabulary is) that's when I state in the error message what the
controlled vocabulary is? "Sorry, you must use one of the following
values: Arts and Humanities, ..." Seems messy to parse.

I expect the answer to all this will be... don't even try this... the
"S" in SWORD is for "simple". :)

But I'm curious what people think.

Phil

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http://www.iq.harvard.edu/people/philip-durbin

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