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Metadata thesaurusMetatietosanasto

MetatietosanastoMetadata thesaurus

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This is a national metadata thesaurus maintained by the National Library of Finland (Kansalliskirjasto). It collects the terms and expressions needed to describe library and cultural heritage materials, structured according to the entity-relationship model of RDA and the FRBR concept framework. The thesaurus supports selection of headings for user interfaces and standardises descriptive vocabulary to promote consistency and efficiency in cataloguing. It includes terms compliant with both ISBD and RDA rules, marking those specific to only one standard. It does not cover subject-matter vocabulary such as index terms, focusing instead on descriptive metadata concepts.Metadata thesaurus contains terms and expressions required in describing materials. The thesaurus is also suitable for selecting headings displayed in user interfaces. The thesaurus has been organised according to entity-relationship structure of RDA text and FRBR concept model. The use of the terms in the thesaurus standardises the vocabulary of descriptive metadata and simultaneously harmonises description in order to promote productiveness. The aim of the thesaurus is also to make it easier to produce metadata by collecting vocabulary and expressions needed in description as well as to clarify concepts related to them. The thesaurus includes terms complying with both the ISBD and RDA description rules. The terms and expressions used only in one of the rules are indicated separately. The thesaurus does not contain vocabulary describing the subject matter of the work, such as index terms.