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Metadata for digital resources : implementation, systems design and interoperability /

This book is intended to assist information professionals in improving the usability of digital objects by adequately documenting them and using tools for metadata management. It provides practical advice for libraries, archives, and museums dealing with digital collections in a wide variety of form...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Foulonneau, Muriel
Other Authors: Riley, Jenn
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Oxford : Chandos, �2008.
Series:Chandos information professional series.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • pt. I. Introduction
  • What is metadata?
  • pt. II. Implementation of metadata creation activities
  • Choosing metadata standards for a digital library project
  • Creating metadata usage guidelines
  • Creating metadata
  • Practical implementation of a metadata strategy
  • pt. III. Systems design
  • Functions performed by a digital library system
  • Metadata that drives discovery functionality
  • pt. IV. Metadata interoperability
  • Defining interoperability
  • Interoperability and resource discovery
  • Technical interoperability
  • Content interoperability: shareable metadata
  • pt. V. Conclusion
  • The future of metadata.