Opps - I spoke too soon. TMS can export directly to XML from their reporting section of the database...so, I guess Crystal isn't necessary, except to build the initial report. All other info stands. :) .................................................................. .................................................................. the warhol: Allison A. Smith Collection Manager / Database Administrator 117 Sandusky Street Pittsburgh, PA 15212 T 412.237.8345 F 412.237.8340 E [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> W www.warhol.org <http://www.warhol.org> W www.warholstore.com <http://www.warholstore.com> The Andy Warhol Museum One of the four Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh .................................................................. .................................................................. -----Original Message----- From: Smith, Allison [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2004 4:30 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: metadata standards Hi Scott, We are planning to someday use the CIMI Dublin Core and XML standards, which are not currently built into TMS. What we've done is create a local Dublin Core authority in the Attributes section of our database for the DC "Type" element, and have mapped other TMS fields to the appropriate Dublin Core attribute. The idea is to then output the DC mapped fields for each given record to Crystal Reports, convert/save as XML, and make updates to field tags where necessary. Not tested this yet, and I'm still very much a novice in XML, but I think it will work. Since we're still working on content and data verification in our records, I don't expect this will happen for a while, but it's in our plans. It'd be nice to have some feedback from someone who's actually tried this. Allison .................................................................. .................................................................. the warhol: Allison A. Smith Collection Manager / Database Administrator 117 Sandusky Street Pittsburgh, PA 15212 T 412.237.8345 F 412.237.8340 E [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> W www.warhol.org <http://www.warhol.org> W www.warholstore.com <http://www.warholstore.com> The Andy Warhol Museum One of the four Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh .................................................................. .................................................................. -----Original Message----- From: Scott Nacke [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2004 4:20 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: metadata standards Hi everyone, I am trying to describe to a funder for a grant we are applying to how digital image content for the collection will be discovered through metadata in TMS. Are there particular metadata standards that are built into TMS (i.e. MARC or Dublin Core)? Now, looking at the TMS "About" page it looks like the Art & Architecture Thesaurus, Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names and Authority Record Format are already part of the database structure. We are using TMS 9.1. Are any of you using another metadata format with TMS? This is kind of new territory for me, so any light that any of you can shed on this will be helpful. Thanks, Scott Nacke Assistant Registrar/Image Rights Manager Seattle Art Museum 100 University Street PO Box 22000 Seattle, Washington 98122-9700 206.654.3130 Direct 206.654.3135 Fax [log in to unmask]