Metadata framework and application profiles in the global structure of catalogs and digitization projects of the Vatican Library Il contesto dei metadati ed i profili applicativi nella struttura globale dei cataloghi e nei progetti di digitalizzazione della Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana

This paper will focus on the application profiles recently implemented in the new Vatican Library's discovery tool that interacts with interoperability standards and manages different metadata. The presentation will also take into consideration what the Library is planning for accessing web-based digitized manuscripts collections. This paper will focus on the application profiles recently implemented in the new Vatican Library's discovery tool that interacts with interoperability standards and manages different metadata. The presentation will also take into consideration what the Library is planning for accessing web-based digitized manuscripts collections.