Metadata Inventory (1)
•MARC bibliographic metadata
•Script for extracting MARC metadata
•Resulting file of MARC extract
•Project specific MARC mapping
•XML metadata collection and storage scheme
•Script transforming MARC file to XML
•Resulting file of MARC-XML transformation
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Getting specific, a metadata inventory for MARC metadata projects such as the May Anti-Slavery Collection could include:

“(1) The MARC bibliographic metadata, both content and content designations, as stored in the library management system.
“(2) The extract script or tool that selects and extracts the MARC bibliographic metadata for the project.
“(3) The file that is the product of the extract in (2).
“(4) The collection-specific MARC mapping used for the project.
“(5) The XML metadata collection and storage scheme.
“(6) The transformation script the creates an XML file – meeting the specifications of the metadata store scheme (5) – and populates the descriptive metadata of this file with MARC metadata elements from the extract (3), following the MARC mapping specified for this project (4).
“(7) The XML file that is the product of the transformation in (6).