LibMeta - Java Object Models and APIs for Common Library Metadata Standards

These Java libraries provide a set of Java models and APIs, which provide a unified approach to the creation and processing of library metadata objects.

• A corresponding Java object model was derived for each standard.
• JAXB annotations (Java API for XML-Binding) are used with XML-based standards to specify the mapping between the Java object model and it‘s XML representation.
• The JSON Binding API is used for the serialization and deserialization of metadata objects in JSON-based standards.
• Validator classes are used to check XML data against the corresponding XML Schemas.

The Wiki contains some code examples on How to use the APIs.

Covered Standards

• Dublin Core (https://www.dublincore.org)
• MARC (https://www.loc.gov/marc/bibliographic)
• MODS (https://www.loc.gov/standards/mods)
• METS (https://www.loc.gov/standards/mets)
• ALTO (https://www.loc.gov/standards/alto)
• PICA (https://format.gbv.de/pica)

Deployed to Maven

The compiled libraries are deployed to the Maven Central Repository:
https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/mycore/libmeta/