FYI... -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Relational model for collections extended Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2006 10:40:49 -0000 From: Ann Chapman <[log in to unmask]> Reply-To: DCMI Collection Description Group <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] Apologies for duplication caused by cross-posting New report available Michael Heaney of Oxford University Library Services has extended his entity-relation model of collections and their catalogues [1] to include modelling of the means by which users obtain access to collections. The result is a new document "Users and Information Resources: An Extension of the Analytical Model of Collections and their Catalogues into Usage and Transactions": http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/cd-focus/model-ext/ The extended model introduces a number of additional entities and relationships, and enumerates some additional attributes for some of the entities which were present in the original model. The document also includes some illustrative examples of the transactions that occur between entities as users access collections. The work was supported by UKOLN's Collection Description Focus, which is funded by the Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) and the Museums, Libraries and Archives council (MLA) [1] http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/metadata/rslp/model/ Ann Chapman Collection Description Focus UKOLN University of Bath Bath BA2 7AY UK tel: +44 (0)1225 386121 -- From the mind of James [Jim] E. Landrum III Archaeology Technologies Laboratory http://atl.ndsu.edu North Dakota State University Digital Archive Network for Anthropology and World Heritage (DANA-WH; http://dana-wh.net) 34th Annual Meeting and Conference for Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology (CAA), Fargo, North Dakota, USA. April 18-21, 2006. (CAA2006 web site: http://www.caa2006.org) ========================================================= Important Subscriber Information: The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes).