Chapter 6. Metadata
Elements of organization
If thorough and consistent metadata has been created, it is possible to conceive of its use in an almost infinite number of new ways …
If thorough and consistent metadata has been created, it is possible to conceive of its use in an almost infinite number of new ways …
Metadata, often described as
data about data, is critical to all forms of organized digital content. It is the means by which all organization in a digital library is achieved, and much of what you have read in this book so far implicitly assumes its existence. Whether in the creation of surrogates (Section 3.3), categories of video browsing (Section 5.4), or usage information (Section 2.2), it is metadata that yields collections that are ...
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