Resources & Documentation

General Resources

• Storage Methods and Handling Practices

  Northeast Document Handling Center's "best practices" for handling project materials.

UWDCC Guidelines

Reformatting

• Reformatting Practices

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  UWDCC workflow, standards, and guidelines for reformatting materials.

• Reformatting Equipment

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  Overview of reformatting equipment used by UWDCC

• Audio Workflow

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  Workflow and instructions for reformatting audio files.

• Guidelines and Conventions for Digital Library Collections

  UWDCC conventions for file naming and directory structure.

Project Models

• UWDCC Digital Project Models

  Explanation of delivery options and models for creating, describing and delivering digital content via the Internet.

• Gallery of UWDCC Web Styles

  A gallery of interface styles for UWDCC projects.

Multimedia/Bibliographic Database Documentation

• UW-Madison Digital Library Data Dictionary: Bibliographic and Multimedia Databases (2.0)

  Core data elements used by UWDCC for multimedia and bibliographic databases, in terms of their internal encoding, semantics, appropriate use, and relationship to other metadata schemes.

• Constructing References to Internal Media Objects

  Internal documentation that defines and illustrates structural metadata relationships for single and possibly composite media objects.

• Sitesearch OAI metadata mappings

  Data crosswalk between SiteSearch, Dublin Core and Open Archives Initiative (OAI) metadata elements.

• [Core Document] Bibliographic/Multimedia Model Documentation, v1.3

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  Primary documentation presenting multimedia model used for non-textual materials.

Electronic Facsimile (Pageturner) Documentation

• UW–Madison Digital Library Data Dictionary: Electronic Facsimiles (v5.0)

  Core data elements used by UWDCC for EFacs (Pageturner) metadata, in terms of their internal encoding, semantics, appropriate use, and relationship to other metadata schemes.

• Entity Relationship Diagram for Electronic Facsimile Collections

  Diagram that illustrates the relationship between objects and data elements within the Electronic Facsimile (EFacs) model used to present text-based digital resources.

• [Core Document] *New* Pageturner Model Documentation, (v5.0)

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  Primary documentation created by UWDCC presenting EFacs (Pageturner) model used for text-based materials

E–Text Documentation (TEI)

• Guidelines and Procedures for Electronic Text Projects

  Naming conventions and basic coding guidelines for TEI projects.

• Guidelines for Markup of Electronic Texts

  Naming conventions and basic coding guidelines for TEI projects.

• Guidelines for Markup of Electronic Texts - Appendix A

  Appendix to document that presents naming conventions and basic coding guidelines for TEI projects.

Encoded Archival Description (EAD) Finding Aids

• Style Manual for Archival Finding Aids

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  Created to inform EAD projects completed in partnership with the Wisconsin Historical Society