Hi,
I've got my students working on an assignment where we take apart old media devices, learn about their key components, and then create an Omeka exhibit about our device, using Neatline to trace each component in time and space. This part works pretty well, so far.
For example, I'm taking apart an Atari VCS. The MOS 6507 CPU bears the MOS technologies logo so was probably (I've learned) manufactured at their plant in Norristown, PA. The TIA chip, on the other hand, has a Synertek logo which (I've learned) second-sourced many of the integrated circuits used by Atari. Even though Atari's TIA chip (the famous Stella) was originally fabricated by MOS in Pennsylvania, mine was produce at Synertek in California.
My problem is, I want to capture that kind of distinction in my record, but I'm not sure how to use Omeka's Dublin Core fields to describe everything that I find interesting about these chips, including those differences in production sites. My understanding of DC is pretty basic -- for example, does it make a distinction between "The TIA Chip" as a class of objects exhibiting uniform properties, vs. "My TIA Chip" which has a specific origin in time and place?
In other words, is Synertek the "creator", "publisher", or "source"? And what does "coverage" mean?
Am I over-thinking this? Are there better ontologies for this kind of archive?
I welcome any and all suggestions. Thanks for your time.
Zach
