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Crosswalking

Crosswalking refers to the conceptual process of associating equivalent metadata values or fields from one schema with metadata values or fields from another schema. Crosswalking is also called mapping.

Examples​

  • The following table shows how you would map “title” across data models.
Starting Model NameStarting Model TermDestination Model NameDestination Model Term
CDWATitle TextVRA Core<vra: title> in <vra: work> or <vra: collection>
Dublin CoreTileMODS<titleInfo><title>
DACS2.3 TitleCIDOC CRME35_Title

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