Coding with XML for efficiencies in cataloging and metadata : practical applications of XSD, XSLT, and XQuery

Title:

Author:

Cole, Timothy W. author

ISBN:

9780838916537

Publication:

Chicago : ALA Editions, 2018.

Physical Description:

ix, 195 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Series:

ALCTS monograph.

Contents:

A quick review of XML basics -- Library metadata in XML -- XML validation using schemas -- An introduction to XPath and XSLT -- Cataloging workflows using XSLT -- Using XSLT to connect libraries to the semantic web : transforming XML metadata into HTML+RDFa -- An introduction to XQuery for library metadata including use cases -- XQuery basics -- XQuery functions including regular expressions -- Metadata workflow using XQuery : creating HathiTrust submission files for monograph and serials print holdings.

Subject Term:

XML (Document markup language)

Cataloging -- Data processing.

Metadata -- Data processing.

XSLT (Computer program language)

Query languages (Computer science)

Local Subject:

LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE COLLECTION

Added Author:

Han, Myung-Ja K.

Schwartz, Christine, 1958-

Added Corporate Author:

American Library Association,

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Summary

Even experienced catalogers and copy catalogers who know their way around the tags and strings of a MARC record need guidance when creating metadata for sharing bibliographic records or digital collections on the web. Likewise, coders or new librarians coming from iSchool or software backgrounds need examples of how to use XLML or XSLT scripting with library records. That's where this new handbook from the Association for Library Collections & Technical Services (ALCTS) comes in. Librarians working in their code editors will want this resource, with its 58 sample coding examples, at their side. It covers

essential background information, with a quick review of XML basics; transforming XML metadata in HTML; schema languages and workflows for XML validation; an introduction to XPath and XSLT; cataloging workflows using XSLT; the basics of XQuery, including use cases and XQuery expressions and functions; and working with strings and sequences, including regular expressions.

This handbook will help teach cataloguers of all levels of experience how to code for efficiencies.