Introduction to Metadata, or, Old Wine in New Bottles

6/5/98


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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*

Author: Robin Wendler