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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Towards an Application Profile for Images |
Mick Eadie describes the development of the Dublin Core Images Application Profile project recently funded through the JISC. |
April 2008, issue55, feature article |
Towards Interoperabilty of European Language Resources |
Sophia Ananiadou and colleagues describe an ambitious new initiative to accelerate Europe-wide language technology research, helped by their work on promoting interoperability of language resources. |
July 2011, issue67, feature article |
Towards Library Groupware With Personalised Link Routing |
Daniel Chudnov, Jeremy Frumkin, Jennifer Weintraub, Matthew Wilcox and Raymond Yee describe a potential groupware framework for integrating access to diverse information resources and distributed personal collection development. |
July 2004, issue40, feature article |
Tracing Help With Copyright: New AHDS Case Studies on Copyright Issues |
Alastair Dunning provides an overview of case studies published by the Arts and Humanities Data Service in that persistent minefield of respecting copyright. |
January 2005, issue42, feature article |
Trove: Innovation in Access to Information in Australia |
Rose Holley describes a major development in the Australian national digital information infrastructure. |
July 2010, issue64, feature article |
Turning Off Tap Into Bath |
Ann Chapman describes the lifecycle of a demonstrator database and the development of a preservation policy for its content and software. |
January 2011, issue66, feature article |
Turning on the Lights for the User: NISO Discovery to Delivery Forum |
Laura Akerman and Kim Durante report on Discovery to Delivery, Creating a First-Class User Experience, a NISO Forum on today's information seekers and current standards developments held in March 2010 at the Georgia Tech Global Learning Center. |
April 2010, issue63, event report |
UK Digital Preservation Needs Assessment: Where We Go from Here |
Najla Semple and Maggie Jones outline the background and findings of the Digital Preservation Coalition's UK Needs Assessment and the Mind the Gap report. |
July 2006, issue48, feature article |
UK Institutional Repository Search: Innovation and Discovery |
Vic Lyte, Sophia Jones, Sophia Ananiadou and Linda Kerr describe an innovative tool to showcase UK research output through advanced discovery and retrieval facilities. |
October 2009, issue61, feature article |
Uncovering User Perceptions of Research Activity Data |
Cecilia Loureiro-Koechlin discusses the outcomes and lessons learned from user tests performed on the Oxford Blue Pages, a tool designed to display information about researchers and their activities at the University of Oxford. |
January 2010, issue62, feature article |
Unicode and Historic Scripts |
Deborah Anderson provides us an overview of the progress made in bringing historic scripts to the Unicode Standard. |
October 2003, issue37, feature article |
Upskilling Liaison Librarians for Research Data Management |
Andrew Cox, Eddy Verbaan and Barbara Sen explore the design of a curriculum to train academic librarians in the competencies to support Research Data Management. |
November 2012, issue70, feature article |
Utilizing E-books to Enhance Digital Library Offerings |
Shirley Hyatt and Lynn Silipigni Connaway, describe the rationale and background of OCLC's acquisition of netLibrary, the information environment that is being pursued, and the resulting benefits that libraries may experience. |
October 2002, issue33, feature article |
V&A Core Systems Integration Project |
In conjunction with his main article on The KIDMM Community's 'MetaKnowledge Mash-up, Conrad Taylor provides more information on V&A Core Systems Integration Project. |
October 2007, issue53, event report |
Version Identification: A Growing Problem |
Dave Puplett outlines the issues associated with versions in institutional repositories, and discusses the solutions being developed by the Version Identification Framework (VIF) Project. |
January 2008, issue54, feature article |
Versioning in Repositories: Implementing Best Practice |
Jenny Brace explains why giving time to versioning within a repository is worthwhile and outlines the best practice to implement. |
July 2008, issue56, feature article |
VIF: Version Identification Workshop |
Sarah Molloy reports on a half-day workshop on the use of the Version Identification Framework, held in Hatton Garden, London on 22 April 2008. |
April 2008, issue55, event report |
Virtual Research Environments: Overview and Activity |
Michael Fraser provides an overview of the virtual research environment (VRE) and introduces three JISC-funded projects in which Oxford University is participating. |
July 2005, issue44, feature article |
Volcanic Eruptions Fail to Thwart Digital Preservation - the Planets Way |
Matthew Barr, Amir Bernstein, Clive Billenness and Manfred Thaller report on the final Planets training event Digital Preservation - The Planets Way held in Rome over 19 - 21 April 2010. |
April 2010, issue63, event report |
Web 2.0 in U.S. LIS Schools: Are They Missing the Boat? |
Noa Aharony asks whether library and information science schools in the United States are underestimating the opportunities offered by Web 2.0 applications. |
January 2008, issue54, 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 |
Web Editorial: Goodbyeee |
The Web editor, John Kirriemuir bows out after ten Ariadne issues. |
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Web Editorial: Introduction to Issue 12 |
Philip Hunter and Isobel Stark introduce Ariadne, in its Web Version. |
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Web Editorial: Introduction to Issue 16 |
Philip Hunter and Bernadette Daly introduce Ariadne issue 16. |
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Web Editorial: Introduction to Issue 17 |
The web editors, Philip Hunter and Bernadette Daly, introduce Ariadne issue 17. |
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Web Editorial: Introduction to Issue 18 |
The web editors, Bernadette Daly and Philip Hunter, introduce Ariadne issue 18. |
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Web Focus Corner: Running an Institutional Web Service |
Brian Kelly reports on a workshop on running an institutional web service. |
September 1997, issue11, regular column |
Web Focus: Extending Your Browser |
Brian Kelly on techniques for extending the capabilities of your browser. |
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Web Focus: Institutional Web Management |
Brian Kelly reports on the Netskills Institutional Web Management Workshop held in Newcastle. |
September 1998, issue17, regular column |
Web Focus: Interfaces to Web Testing Tools |
Brian Kelly looks at interfaces to Web testing tools, and in particular at Bookmarklets - simple extensions to browsers which enhance functionality. |
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Web Focus: Must Email Die? |
Brian Kelly recently gave a talk on this subject at the Internet Librarian International 2005 conference. In this article he expands on the talk and revisits the question as to whether email really should disappear. |
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Web Focus: QA Focus Has Finished - Let's Start Embedding QA |
Brian Kelly reviews the JISC-funded QA Focus Project and argues that developers should be using quality assurance principles. |
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Web Focus: Reflections On WWW9 |
Brian Kelly reports on the WWW9 conference, held in Amsterdam, in May 2000. |
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Web Focus: Report on "Institutional Web Management Next Steps" Workshop |
Brian Kelly reports on the latest "Institutional Web Management Workshop," this year called: "The Next Steps." |
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Web Focus: Report on the WWW 8 Conference |
Brian Kelly discusses WWW8 in Toronto, which took place in May 1999. |
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Web Focus: The 7th World Wide Web Conference |
Brian Kelly is interviewed about the 7th World Wide Web Conference upon his return from Brisbane. |
May 1998, issue15, regular column |
Web Focus: The WWW 2005 Conference |
Brian Kelly provides his impressions including reports of areas of doubt and uncertainty - but also of an exciting new development. |
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Web Focus: Using the Web to Promote Your Web Site |
Brian Kelly expalins how to promote your web site. |
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Web Focus: WebWatching UK Universities and Colleges |
Brian Kelly describes the WebWatch project. |
November 1997, issue12, regular column |
Web Focus: Widening the Focus for the Future |
Brian Kelly reviews the history of the Web Focus post and describes funding changes which gives Web Focus a much wider remit. |