Overview of content related to 'metadata'
This page provides an overview of 9 articles related to 'metadata', listing most recently updated content first. Note that filters may be applied to display a sub-set of articles in this category (see FAQs on filtering for usage tips). Select this link to remove all filters.

Metadata can be defined literally as "data about data," but the term is normally understood to mean structured data about digital (and non-digital) resources that can be used to help support a wide range of operations. These might include, for example, resource description and discovery, the management of information resources (including rights management) and their long-term preservation. In the context of digital resources, there exists a wide variety of metadata formats. Viewed on a continuum of increasing complexity, these range from the basic records used by robot-based Internet search services, through relatively simple formats like the Dublin Core Metadata Element Set (DCMES) and the more detailed Text Encoding Initiative (TEI) header and MARC formats, to highly specific formats like the FGDC Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata, the Encoded Archival Description (EAD) and the Data Documentation Initiative (DDI) Codebook. (Excerpt from this source)
Key statisticsMetadata related to 'metadata' (as derived from all content tagged with this term):
See our 'metadata' overview for more data and comparisons with other tags.
For visualisations of metadata related to timelines,
bands of recency,
top authors, and
and overall distribution of authors
using this term, see our
'metadata' usage charts.
|
Top authorsAriadne contributors most frequently referring to 'metadata':
Note: Links to all articles by authors listed above set filters to display articles by each author in the overview below. Select this link to remove all filters. |
| Title | Article summary | Date |
|---|---|---|
Establishing a Digital Library Centre |
John Kirriemuir outlines some of the issues for the establishment of digital library centres in UK Higher Education institutions. |
October 2001, issue29, feature article |
OMNI Corner: Information or Hysteria, "Talking sensibly" in the Biomedical Field |
John Kirriemuir outlines current areas of concern in: Information or Hysteria? "Talking sensibly" in the biomedical field. |
March 1999, issue19, regular column |
Clifford Lynch in Interview |
Clifford Lynch, the Executive Director of CNI, was interviewed by John Kirriemuir at the Metadata: What Is It? workshop on 18 June 1997. Clifford shares some views on mirroring, caching, metadata, Z39.50 and how he sees his role in CNI. |
July 1997, issue10, feature article |
Web Editorial: Goodbyeee |
The Web editor, John Kirriemuir bows out after ten Ariadne issues. |
|
Down Your Way: The Natural History Museum |
John Kirriemuir takes in megabytes of trilobites at the Natural History Museum. |
March 1997, issue8, regular column |
Editorial Introduction to Issue 5 |
The editor introduces Ariadne issue 5. |
|
Editorial Introduction to Issue 4: Changes to Ariadne and How to Read the Web Version |
The editor explains changes in Ariadne format. |
|
Editorial Introduction to Issue 3 |
John Kirriemuir, Editor, introduces the Web version of Ariadne. |
|
The 4th WWW Conference in Boston |
Debra Hiom and John Kirriemuir provide an informal report from the "cutting edge" of Web development. |
January 1996, issue1, feature article |