As distributing metadata creation to authors, catalogers and other system users who may or may not have an understanding of XML becomes more and more important it has become imperative to develop reliable methods for creating and editing XML documents. This presentation will focus on the two MODS editors developed by UVM and Brown Universities and introduce the XForms technology as a means for digital libraries to create and manage complex metadata.

1. XForms for Metadata Creation Winona Salesky University of Vermont Michael Park Brown University

2. The Problem

3. Enter XForms “ XForms is an XML application that represents the next generation of forms for the web.” - XForms 1.1 Specification

6. Firefox XForms Extension

7. Demo

8. Putting it all together MODS XForms eXist Solr Firefox Browser REST REST

10. Build a web-based XML editor ?!

11. Why a MODS Editor ? Digital Repository Metadata

13. Demo

14. XForms – which one ? - Architecture - Implementation Client Server

16. How it all works eXist MODS editor Orbeon AJAX REST XML