Metalogy is a XML/Metadata management system developed by ROSS under the project of Digital Museum by National Science Council. It uses DTD to set up database, edit metadata and authority files, search, import/export XML documents.

System Function:

• Loading DTD, establishing databases and creating catalog.
• Defining the Schema in the database: define the setting of fields for data format, input length, special processing converting , related authority entries and type indexing.
• Metadata Cataloging Function: able to add, revise and delete a record. It can also copy, delete, add codes and authority control, and link to multimedia files.
• The Management and Description of Digital Information: able to record a single or a batch of multimedia files.
• Searching function: offer advanced or basic search, homonym and Boolean logic.
• Import/Export XML record.
• Users' authorization control
• Message Management: able to revise the content of the message shown.
• Web searching function.

Reference:

Chen, Chao-chen., Chen, Hsueh-hua & Chen, Kuang-hua (2001). XML/Metadata Management Systems in Digital Libraries and Museums-The Design of Metalogy (In Chinese). XML/Metadata Management Systems in Digital Libraries and Museums (In Chinese) (24-33). Taipei: Editor.

Supported Projects:

• National Central Library Digital Archive Program
• Digital Taiwan-related Archives Project
  Digital Museum Project of National Science Council--The Beauty of Chinese Artifact Collected in the National Palace Museum (2000)