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Harvard University is leading the development of an extension to BIBFRAME to describe cartographic resources including printed maps, atlases, and digital geospatial datasets.

Harvard Project Proposal

• a BIBFRAME profile for cartographic resources
• a set Set of published BIBFRAME descriptions for a variety of cartographic resource types
• a written Written evaluation of the project and set of recommendations for future research and development
• presentation Presentation of project findings to appropriate library cartographic materials and linked data communities.

Good headers are:

Analysis/Modeling

• Drafting a set of cartographic resources-related ontology discussion papers.

Linked Data Creation

Tool Exploration / Requirements Definition

Collaboration

Community Engagement

Marc McGee (coordinator) (Harvard)
Craig Thomas (Harvard)
Iris Taylor (Library of Congress)
Kathy Weimer (Rice)
Kim Durante (Stanford)
Louise Ratliff (UCLA)
Min Zhang (Library of Congress)
Seanna Tsung (Library of Congress)
Steven Folsom (Harvard)
Tammy Wong (Library of Congress)

Link to working documents (for partners only)

Analysis/Modeling

• Surveyed existing linked data efforts in cartographic domain.
• Compiled initial set of use cases for cartographic metadata.
• Hosted a 2-day in-person modeling meeting.

Good headers are:

Linked Data Creation

Tool Exploration / Requirements Definition

Collaboration

Community Engagement