706ed446-6f0a-42fd-aba5-8e4295675107 urn:uuid en UTF-8 nonGeographicDataset nonGeographicDataset 2025-06-23T04:42:38 creation ISO 19115 2016 Adopt a Soldier 706ed446-6f0a-42fd-aba5-8e4295675107 A collection of more than 700 photographs of World War I soldiers was digitised in 1999 as part of the Adopt-A-Soldier project. We're delighted to announce that this set was recently used in GovHack 2016 for the iHero Application entry https://2016.hackerspace.govhack.org/content/ihero . Summary from the Entry: Our project ''iHero" is a web application that uses facial recognition to search Australian service photos across various conflicts as captured by the State Library of Western Australia, Australian War Memorial, National Archives of Australia and the State Library of Queensland. {"type": "MultiPolygon", "coordinates": [[[[128.84765625000003, -11.523087506868514], [128.67187500000003, -34.88593094075316], [114.43359375000001, -37.020098201368114], [110.91796875000001, -19.973348786110602], [128.84765625000003, -11.523087506868514]]]]} 110.91796875000001 128.84765625000003 -37.020098201368114 -11.523087506868514 historic photographs soldiers world war 1 Adopt a Soldier photographs (csv) documentDigital A collection of more than 700 photographs of World War I soldiers was digitised in 1999 as part of the Adopt-A-Soldier project. The CSV contains limited bibliographic data from this collection including title of image; subject; description of resource and a link to the image on the SLWA website. Tools used to create this dataset: <ul> <li>[MarcEdit](http://marcedit.reeset.net/about-marcedit)</li> <li>[AACR2 - Anglo American Cataloguing Rules](http://www.aacr2.org/)</li> <li>[RDA - Resource Description and Access](www.rdatoolkit.org/about)</li> <li>[LCSH - Library of Congress Subject Headings](http://www.loc.gov/aba/cataloging/subject/)</li> </ul> CSV Adopt a soldier photographs (Marcxml) documentDigital This MARCXML file contains limited bibliographic data from this collection including title of image; subject; description of resource and a link to the image on the SLWA website. Tools used to create this dataset: <ul> <li>[MarcEdit](http://marcedit.reeset.net/about-marcedit)</li> <li>[MARCXML](http://www.loc.gov/standards/marcxml/)</li> <li>[AACR2 - Anglo American Cataloguing Rules](http://www.aacr2.org/)</li> <li>[RDA - Resource Description and Access](www.rdatoolkit.org/about)</li> <li>[LCSH - Library of Congress Subject Headings](http://www.loc.gov/aba/cataloging/subject/)</li> </ul> About MARCXML: The Library of Congress' Network Development and MARC Standards Office is developing a framework for working with MARC data in a XML environment. This framework is intended to be flexible and extensible to allow users to work with MARC data in ways specific to their needs. The framework itself includes many components such as schemas, stylesheets, and software tools. marcxml Adopt a soldier photographs (Modsxml) documentDigital This MODSXML file contains limited bibliographic data from this collection including title of image; subject; description of resource and a link to the image on the SLWA website. Tools used to create this dataset: <ul> <li>[MarcEdit](http://marcedit.reeset.net/about-marcedit)</li> <li>[MODSXML](http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/)</li> <li>[AACR2 - Anglo American Cataloguing Rules](http://www.aacr2.org/)</li> <li>[RDA - Resource Description and Access](www.rdatoolkit.org/about)</li> <li>[LCSH - Library of Congress Subject Headings](http://www.loc.gov/aba/cataloging/subject/)</li> </ul> About MODSXML: Metadata Object Description Schema (MODS) is a schema for a bibliographic element set that may be used for a variety of purposes, and particularly for library applications. The standard is maintained by the Network Development and MARC Standards Office of the Library of Congress with input from users. modsxml