Software, E-Resource Dataset of World Digital Library World Digital Library dataset / WDL dataset
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Title
- Dataset of World Digital Library
Other Title
- World Digital Library dataset
- WDL dataset
Names
- World Digital Library
- Library of Congress
- Unesco
Created / Published
- Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, [2021]
Contents
- Arabic (ar). -- English (en). -- Spanish (es). -- French (fr). -- Portuguese (pt). -- Russia (ru). -- Chinese (zh)
Headings
- - World Digital Library--Catalogs
- - Machine-readable bibliographic data--Catalogs
- - Serial publications--Bibliography--Catalogs
- - Union catalogs
Genre
- Data sets
Notes
- - "This dataset includes structured data in several formats, representing the same descriptive metadata as translated between the seven languages: Arabic (ar) English (en) Spanish (es) French (fr) Portuguese (pt) Russian (ru) Chinese (zh) The dataset is presented in multiple structured formats to serve different uses: CSV file for each language including all metadata fields and values. The field 'wdl_id' is the original WDL identifier and serves as a primary key between the data in the CSVs. Repeatable fields such as 'Additional Subjects' are separated by pipe characters ('|'). The field 'title_in_original_language' is presented in the item's original language and script. All other fields are translated in the language of each CSV ZIP file for each language containing individual original metadata files in JSON and METS XML. The JSON includes all fieldnames translated into each of the 7 languages. The METS includes all fieldnames in English, with only the metadata values translated.."-- README file.
- - "This dataset collects the metadata for all items from the World Digital Library (WDL) project in seven languages. WDL presented 19,147 items contributed by partner organizations worldwide as well as content from Library of Congress collections. The original WDL website and descriptive metadata were translated from the original English and made available in six additional language: Spanish, Portuguese, French, Arabic, Russian, and Chinese. All item records include narrative descriptions submitted by the contributing partners and enhanced by WDL researchers to contextualize the item and its cultural and historical importance. For additional context on the WDL collections, see https://www.loc.gov/collections/world-digital-library/about-this-collection/"-- README file
- - "A team at the Library of Congress then developed the public, online version of the WDL, which was launched at UNESCO in April 2009...In 2020, the WDL Charter concluded. In 2021, after more than 10 years of operation, the Library transitioned WDL's world-wide collection of cross-cultural treasures into a sustainable home for perpetual access on the Library of Congress's main website." --World Digital Library website, about this collection, viewed April 4, 2023.
- - Title from World Digital Library website, viewed February 10, 2022.
Medium
- Online resource (datasets)
Call Number/Physical Location
- Z699.35.M28
- Z695.83
Repository
- s-Online Electronic Resource
Digital Id
- https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gdc/gdcdatasets.2020446966_zh
- https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gdc/gdcdatasets.2020446966_ru
- https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gdc/gdcdatasets.2020446966_fr
- https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gdc/gdcdatasets.2020446966_en
- https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gdc/gdcdatasets.2020446966_pt
- https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gdc/gdcdatasets.2020446966_ar
- https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gdc/gdcdatasets.2020446966_es
Library of Congress Control Number
- 2020446966
Online Format
- compressed data