{"id":97,"date":"2004-04-30T12:00:52","date_gmt":"2004-04-30T17:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jasonmorrison.net\/content\/2004\/metadata-schema-for-radiological-terrorism-research\/"},"modified":"2008-09-11T00:02:59","modified_gmt":"2008-09-11T05:02:59","slug":"metadata-schema-for-radiological-terrorism-research","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.jasonmorrison.net\/content\/2004\/metadata-schema-for-radiological-terrorism-research\/","title":{"rendered":"Metadata Schema for Radiological Terrorism Research"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in\"><em>Note: this was a project for a graduate course in Knowledge Organization Systems<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in\"><strong>Metadata schema for radiological terrorism research (MSRTR)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in\">Terrorism research is a complex field dealing with a number of entities, each with their own metadata requirements.  This document is an introduction to the kinds of schema that will be necessary for proper cataloging, identification, and retrieval in the radiological terrorism subfield.  Schema for radioactive material sources and radiological terrorism responses are presented below, followed by sample records and a crosswalk between the two scheme and the Dublin Core.  Schema were made as simple as possible (8 and 6 main fields, with several qualifiers, respectively) in order to make application quick, easy and consistent.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in\">Fields are described in the following format:<\/p>\n<p> <!--more--> <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Field Name<\/li>\n<li>Qualifiers: additional subfields<\/li>\n<li>Definition: a description of the field and usage<\/li>\n<li>Data Values: notes whether data is controlled or uncontrolled, and if controlled the terms allowed or the source of terms allowed.<\/li>\n<li>Status: cardinality of the field (recommended, required, optional)<\/li>\n<li>Number: number of entries allowed for each record for this field (single, multiple)<\/li>\n<li>Dublin Core: corresponding field in the Dublin Core.  This information is repeated in the crosswalk as well.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; page-break-before: auto\"><strong>Metadata for radioactive material sources (RMS)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in\"><strong>Identifier<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Qualifiers: None<\/li>\n<li>Definition: Code number used to identify source in database.<\/li>\n<li>Data Values (controlled): Auto-generated database identity field values<\/li>\n<li>Status: required<\/li>\n<li>Number: single<\/li>\n<li>Dublin Core:  IDENTIFIER<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in\"><strong>Name<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Qualifiers: None<\/li>\n<li>Definition: Way in which a site is identified, for example the name of a hospital, power plant, mine, etc.<\/li>\n<li>Data Values (uncontrolled):<\/li>\n<li>Status: required<\/li>\n<li>Number: multiple<\/li>\n<li>Dublin Core:  TITLE<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in\"><strong>Owner<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Qualifiers: None<\/li>\n<li>Definition: The name of the person, company, government, or other organization that owns the source.<\/li>\n<li>Data Values (uncontrolled)<\/li>\n<li>Status: recommended<\/li>\n<li>Number: multiple<\/li>\n<li>Dublin Core:  CREATOR<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in\"><strong>Location<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Qualifiers: Location.Coordinates, Location.Country<\/li>\n<li>Definition: Physical location of source.<\/li>\n<li>Data Values (controlled):  ISO 6709:1983 for Coordinates, ISO 3166 Country Codes for Country<\/li>\n<li>Status: recommended<\/li>\n<li>Number: single<\/li>\n<li>Dublin Core:  COVERAGE<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in\"><strong>Level<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Qualifiers: None<\/li>\n<li>Definition:<\/li>\n<li>Data Values (controlled): high-level, low-level<\/li>\n<li>Status: recommended<\/li>\n<li>Number: multiple<\/li>\n<li>Dublin Core:  TYPE<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in\"><strong>Type<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Qualifiers: None<\/li>\n<li>Definition: Radioactive waste is categorized according to its origin and not necessarily according to its level of radioactivity. For example, some low-level waste has the same level of radioactivity as some high-level waste.  (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.epa.gov\/radiation\/docs\/radwaste\/index.html\">http:\/\/www.epa.gov\/radiation\/docs\/radwaste\/index.html<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Data Values (controlled): spent nuclear fuel, transuranic waste mainly from defense programs, uranium mill tailings, low-level waste, naturally occurring and accelerator-produced radioactive materials.<\/li>\n<li>Status: recommended<\/li>\n<li>Number: multiple<\/li>\n<li>Dublin Core:  TYPE<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in\"><strong>Description<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Qualifiers:  Description.Facility,  Description.Security, Description.Storage<\/li>\n<li>Definition:  Text description of the facility, security, and storage methods.<\/li>\n<li>Data Values (uncontrolled)<\/li>\n<li>Status: recommended<\/li>\n<li>Number: single<\/li>\n<li>Dublin Core:  DESCRIPTION<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in\"><strong>Isotopes<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Qualifiers:  Isotopes.Present, Isotopes.Potential<\/li>\n<li>Definition:  Radioactive Isotopes either present or potentially present at the source.<\/li>\n<li>Data Values (controlled):  IUPAC isotope symbols<\/li>\n<li>Status: recommended<\/li>\n<li>Number: multiple<\/li>\n<li>Dublin Core:  DESCRIPTION<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; page-break-before: auto\"><strong>Metadata for radiological terrorism responses (RTR)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in\"><strong>Identifier<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Qualifiers: None<\/li>\n<li>Definition: Code number used to identify repsonse in database.<\/li>\n<li>Data Values (controlled): Auto-generated database identity field values<\/li>\n<li>Status: required<\/li>\n<li>Number: single<\/li>\n<li>Dublin Core:  IDENTIFIER<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in\"><strong>Name<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Qualifiers: None<\/li>\n<li>Definition: Way in which a response is identified, a short description of the action taken<\/li>\n<li>Data Values (uncontrolled):<\/li>\n<li>Status: required<\/li>\n<li>Number: single<\/li>\n<li>Dublin Core:  TITLE<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in\"><strong>Type<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Qualifiers: None<\/li>\n<li>Definition: Denotes the type of response and group primarily responsible for the response.<\/li>\n<li>Data Values (controlled): medical, public, military<\/li>\n<li>Status: required<\/li>\n<li>Number: single<\/li>\n<li>Dublin Core:  TYPE<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in\"><strong>Description<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Qualifiers:  Description.Process, Description.Event, Description.Other<\/li>\n<li>Definition:  Text description of the response process, event this is a response to, and other details.<\/li>\n<li>Data Values (uncontrolled)<\/li>\n<li>Status: recommended<\/li>\n<li>Number: multiple<\/li>\n<li>Dublin Core:  DESCRIPTION<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in\"><strong>Expertise<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Qualifiers: Expertise.Required, Expertise.Other<\/li>\n<li>Definition: Types of expertise either required for the response to occur, or possibly useful during course of response.<\/li>\n<li>Data Values (uncontrolled)<\/li>\n<li>Status: recommended<\/li>\n<li>Number: multiple<\/li>\n<li>Dublin Core:  DESCRIPTION<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in\"><strong>Related <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Qualifiers: Related.Prerequisite, Related.Required_for, Related.Concurrent<\/li>\n<li>Definition: Other responses that are either required before this response, require this response to proceed, or may be enacted concurrently with this response in a complimentary way.<\/li>\n<li>Data Values (controlled): Identifier values<\/li>\n<li>Status: recommended<\/li>\n<li>Number: multiple<\/li>\n<li>Dublin Core:  RELATION<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; page-break-before: auto\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; page-break-before: auto\"><strong>Sample Record 1, Radiological material source <\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in\"><strong>Identifier<\/strong>\t000050060891<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in\"><strong>Name<\/strong>\tSpringfield Nuclear Power Plant<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in\">\tSNPP<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in\"><strong>Owner<\/strong>\tMontgomery Burns<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in\"><strong>Location.Country<\/strong><span>\tUS<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in\"><strong>Level<\/strong>\thigh-level<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in\"><strong>Type\t<\/strong>spent nuclear fuel<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in\"><strong>Description.Facility<\/strong>\tIn 2001, Unit 1 had a capacity factor of 100.5 percent and supplied \t7.68 billion kilowatthours of electricity.  PWR (pressurized light \t\twater reactor).<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in\"><strong>Description.Security\t<\/strong>Security meets U.S. DOE standards for this type of power plant.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in\"><strong>Description.Storage\t<\/strong><span>Storage conforms to U.S. DOE standards for this type of power \t\t\t\tplant, but there have been a number of accidental releases in recent \t\t\tyears.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in\"><strong>Isotopes.Present\t<\/strong><span>U-235<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; page-break-before: auto\"><strong>Sample Record 2, Response to radiological terrorism <\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in\"><strong>Identifier<\/strong><span>\t003450666894<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in\"><strong>Name\t<\/strong><span>Duck and cover<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in\"><strong>Type<\/strong>\tPublic<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in\"><strong>Description.Process<\/strong>\tIf in a school building, elementary students will get up from their \tdesks in a clam and orderly manner, drop to the floor and place \t\tthemselves underneath the desk, with their hands covering the \t\tbacks of their necks.  If caught outdoors, students will drop their \t\tbicycles and\/or jump ropes, find a wall, drop tot the ground next to \tit and  cover the backs of their necks with their hands.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in\"><strong>Description.Event<\/strong>\tThis is the appropriate response for any radiological or nuclear \t\tevent occurring in the 1950s, including the nearby explosion of an \tatomic bomb.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in\"><strong>Description.Other<\/strong>\tStudents are also encouraged not to stare at the brilliant flash of an \tatomic bomb.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in\"><strong>Expertise.Required<\/strong>\tPropaganda Film-making<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in\"><strong>Related.Prerequisite\t<\/strong><span>003345345344<\/span> (Development of nuclear bomb proof desks)<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in\"><strong>\t<\/strong><span>003345345372<\/span> (Promotion of Cold War anxieties in populace)<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in\"><strong>Related.Concurrent\t<\/strong><span>003345388843<\/span> (Prayer)<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; page-break-before: auto\"><strong>Crosswalk<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in\"><strong>RMS: Identifier<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in\">RTR: Identifier<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in\">Dublin Core:  IDENTIFIER<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in\"><strong>RMS: Name<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in\">RTR: Name<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in\">Dublin Core:  TITLE<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in\"><strong>RMS: Owner<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in\">RTR: Description.Other<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in\">Dublin Core:  CREATOR<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in\"><strong>RMS: Location<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in\">RTR: Description.Event<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in\">Dublin Core:  COVERAGE<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in\"><strong>RMS: Level<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in\">RTR: Description.Event<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in\">Dublin Core:  TYPE<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in\"><strong>RMS: Type<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in\">RTR: Description.Event<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in\">Dublin Core:  TYPE<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in\"><strong>RMS: Description<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in\">RTR: Description.Other<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in\">Dublin Core:  DESCRIPTION<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in\"><strong>Isotopes<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in\">RTR: Description.Event<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in\">Dublin Core:  DESCRIPTION<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in\"><strong>RTR: Expertise<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in\">RMS: Description<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in\">Dublin Core:  DESCRIPTION<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in\"><strong>RTR: Related <\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in\">RMS: Description<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in\">Dublin Core:  RELATION<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Note: this was a project for a graduate course in Knowledge Organization Systems &nbsp; Metadata schema for radiological terrorism research (MSRTR) Terrorism research is a complex field dealing with a number of entities, each with their own metadata requirements. This document is an introduction to the kinds of schema that will be necessary for proper [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,4],"tags":[155,24,72,25,38,154],"class_list":["post-97","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-academic-papers","category-projects","tag-dublin-core","tag-information-architecture","tag-knowledge-management","tag-knowledge-organization-systems","tag-metadata","tag-schema"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.jasonmorrison.net\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.jasonmorrison.net\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.jasonmorrison.net\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.jasonmorrison.net\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.jasonmorrison.net\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=97"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.jasonmorrison.net\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":342,"href":"http:\/\/www.jasonmorrison.net\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97\/revisions\/342"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.jasonmorrison.net\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=97"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.jasonmorrison.net\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=97"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.jasonmorrison.net\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=97"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}