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This revised edition of Introduction to Metadata, first published in 1998 and updated in an online version in 2000, provides an overview of metadata—its types, roles, and characteristics; a discussion of metadata as it relates to Web resources; a description of methods, tools, standards, and protocols for publishing and disseminating digital collections; and a handy glossary.

Description
Metadata provides a means of indexing, accessing, preserving, and discovering digital resources. The volume of digital information available over electronic networks has created a pressing need for standards that assist in locating, retrieving, and managing this vast and complex universe.

Contents

• Introduction
• Setting the Stage
• Metadata and the Web
• Crosswalks, Metadata Harvesting, Federated Searching, Metasearching
• Rights Metadata Made Simple
• Practical Principles for Metadata Creation and Maintenance
• Glossary

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