Metadata

1. Metadata • Metadata Applications • A wide range of web-based services are available which make use of metadata, especially Dublin Core metadata, such as the HotOIL and HotMeta. HotOIL enables fielded searches to be carried out, such as searching for the author of a resource. See <URL: http://purl.org/dstc/hotoil-uk> UKOLN's Research Group is involved in research in the area of metadata. For information on their activities and projects and pointers to metadata resources see <URL: http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/metadata/> HotMeta is a Dublin Core application which enables fielded searches to be carried out. See <URL: http://www.dstc.edu.au/RDU/HotMeta/qld/> UKOLN is funded by the British Library Research and Innovation Centre, the Joint Information Systems Committee of the Higher Education Funding Councils, as well as by project funding from the JISC’s Electronic Libraries Programme and the European Union. UKOLN also receives support from the University of Bath where it is based.

2. Metadata • Metadata Tools • A wide range of metadata creation tools are available including web-based, Java and desktop applications. TagGen is a desktop tool. See <URL: http://www.hisoftware.com/Taggen.htm> DC-dot is a web-based tool developed at UKOLN. See <URL: http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/metadata/dcdot/> • Resources • Lists of metadata tools are available at: • <URL: http://www.dstc.edu.au/RDU/MetaWeb/> • <URL: http://www.searchenginewatch.com/webmasters/meta.html> • <URL: http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/metadata/software-tools/> Reggie is a Java tool. See <URL: http://metadata.net/dstc/>