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Display Metadata in The European Library portal

Displaying the results


After a search, when the results are received from a collection, a list of records is displayed in a brief or full format. For each record the following information is shown according to the metadata received from the target.


InformationTEL Application Profile Metadata
Titledc:title
Author(s) and co-author(s)dc:creator
Type(s)dc:type
Language(s)dc:language
Link "See online" to an electronic copy of the document (article in PDF, digitised books, audio record, web page…)dc:identifier with encoding scheme URL or URI
Thumbnail of the imagetel:thumbnail with encoding scheme URL or URI

By clicking on the title in the brief record the full record is displayed. The label of each The European Library Application Profile element, is displayed in the users'chosen interface language alongside its corresponding metadata value.

The full record displays all the metadata that is available for that record. Each metadata value appears under a name which is a translated label of The European Library Application Profile element. Here is a table using all the possible metadata elements in the order they will be presented in the portal:


Additional services for users


It is important to provide additional services for users to help them locate the item they are looking for. Here are the additional services that national libraries should consider when providing their metadata:

-"See online" opens a new window and provides an electronic copy of the document (article in PDF, digitised books, audio records, web pages). This service uses the dc:identifier element in The european Library Application Profile for objects, containing a URL or URI linking to the object.

-"Available at library" opens a new window which links to the same record in the local results interface (results page of catalogue/collection native interface. This service use the tel:recordId element in The European Library application Profile for Objects containing a URL or a URI linking to the original record:

-"Link to other services" allows the users to search for the same item in other websites (e.g. bookshops, search engines)using OpenURL technology:


STEP BY STEP GUIDE

Step 1: Adapt technical infrastructure to The European Library portal environment.

Step 2: Provide collection descriptions and metadata

Step 3: Manage collections and interface translation


CONTACT

Questions ? Comments? Contact us:

-Technical support: TEL_TECH@kb.nl

-Library's account manager: For partners section (Meetings)


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