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.
Book Description
Newly added to this edition are an essay on the importance of standards-based rights metadata for cultural institutions; and a section entitled “Practical Principles for Metadata Creation and Maintenance.
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.
Table of 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