Table of Contents
Introduction to Metadata, or, Old Wine in New Bottles
So what is metadata anyway?
Metadata definitions
Types of Metadata
Why bother, or, what’s the problem?
Benefits of Descriptive Metadata
Benefits of Descriptive Metadata, cont.
Dublin Core Metadata Workshop Series
Dublin Core Metadata Workshop 1
Dublin Core Metadata Workshop 2
Dublin Core Metadata Workshop 3
Dublin Core Metadata Workshop 4
Dublin Core Metadata Element Set
Dublin Core Metadata Elements: all optional, all repeatable
PPT Slide
Dublin Core Qualifiers
PPT Slide
Qualifier Registry Issues
DC Implementations
Unresolved Semantic Problems or, ongoing tension between interoperability and extensibility (aka simplicity vs. complexity)
Unresolved Semantic Problems, cont.
Unresolved Semantic Problems with syntactic implications
PPT Slide
PPT Slide
DC Example via PICS
Traditional Metadata View*
Emerging Metadata View*
Warwick Framework*
Warwick Framework Design*
Package Types*
Open Implementation Issues
Warwick Framework Catalog*
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