Survey Contents

Introduction and data collection

1. Design and Planning of Digital Projects

2. Element Set Standards (data structure decision)

3. Data Contents in a Record (data content decision)

4. Authority Files and Controlled Vocabularies (data value decision)

5. Metadata Encoding (data format/ technical interchange decision)

6. Open Questions

Summary 1

Summary 2

Appendix A: Workflow Chart

Appendix B: The questionnaire

 

6. Open Questions

Responses to the question:

"Which of your major concerns were not addressed in this questionnaire?"

Number of responses to Open Questions
(146 Answers; Each Respondent Could Answer More Than One Open Question)
Question
Response %
Response #
1. Which of the following best describe your role in your digital collection/digital library project(s)?
Other (please specify):
8.2%
34
2. What are the major concerns you have in your project that relate to metadata?
2.1 For design and planning of digital projects?
Other (please specify):
5.2%
17
2.2 For the decisions about element set standards (=data structure decisions)
Other (please specify):
4.3%
13
2.3 For the decisions about data content in a record (=data content decisions)
Other (please specify):
1.4%
4
2.4 For the decisions about authority files and controlled vocabularies (=data value decisions)
Other (please specify):
8%
22
2.5 For the decisions about metadata encoding (=data format/technical interchange decisions)
Other (please specify):
6.3%
17
2.6 General comments: Which of your major concerns were not addressed in this questionnaire?
17.68%
73

Please go to Summary 1 and 2 for the details.