Overview of content related to 'metadata'
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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)
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A Dublin Core Application Profile for Scholarly Works |
Julie Allinson, Pete Johnston and Andy Powell describe a Dublin Core application profile for describing scholarly works that makes use of FRBR and the DCMI Abstract Model. |
January 2007, issue50, feature article |
Web Curator Tool |
Philip Beresford tells the story (from The British Library's perspective) of the development of new software to aid all stages of harvesting Web sites for preservation. |
January 2007, issue50, feature article |
ONIX for Licensing Terms: Standards for the Electronic Communication of Usage Terms |
Francis Cave, Brian Green and David Martin describe the purpose, development and potential of standards for the electronic communication of licensing terms between publishers, libraries and other licensees. |
January 2007, issue50, feature article |
Collecting Born Digital Archives at the Wellcome Library |
Chris Hilton and Dave Thompson discuss plans for work with born digital archival material at the Wellcome Library. |
January 2007, issue50, feature article |
Wikido: Exploiting the Potential of Wikis |
Marieke Guy reports on a one-day workshop, held in Birmingham in November 2006, which took a closer look at the potential of Wikis for educational institutions. |
January 2007, issue50, event report |
2nd International DCC Conference 2006: Digital Data Curation in Practice |
Alexander Ball and Manjula Patel provide an overview of the second annual conference of the Digital Curation Centre. |
January 2007, issue50, event report |
Take a Peek Beneath the EPrints V3 Wrappers |
With v3 officially launched at the Open Repositories Conference in San Antonio last week, William Nixon and Peter Millington report on the EPrints 3 pre-launch briefing in London, 8 December 2006. |
January 2007, issue50, event report |
News and Events |
Ariadne presents a brief summary of news and events. |
January 2007, issue50, news and events |
Book Review: Digital Libraries - Integrating Content and Systems |
Chris Awre finds a useful toolset to guide librarians and LIS students on the future use of IT to deliver their services. |
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Book Review: Digital Preservation |
Maureen Pennock reviews a release in Facet's Digital Futures series. |