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
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
- Glossary
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Author(s): Tony Gill, Anne J. Gilliland, Maureen Whalen, and Mary S. Woodley
Format(s): PDF, HTML
Number of pages: 96
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Format(s): PDF, HTML
Number of pages: 96
Link: Download or read online.