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Basic Metadata Workshop. An introduction to metadata and its application. Claire Hill Project Coordinator, AVEL. What is metadata?. … structured data which describes the characteristics of a resource Chris Taylor, 1999. Why use it?. Organise information Improve access to information
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Basic Metadata Workshop An introduction to metadata and its application Claire Hill Project Coordinator, AVEL
What is metadata? … structured data which describes the characteristics of a resource Chris Taylor, 1999
Why use it? • Organise information • Improve access to information • Allow users to tell whether it will be of use to them
Metadata deployment 1. Embedding in HTML code of a website <META NAME="DC.Identifier" SCHEME="URI" CONTENT="http://avel.edu.au"> <META NAME="DC.Title.Main" CONTENT="Australian Virtual Engineering Library (AVEL) home page"> <META NAME="DC.Language" SCHEME="RFC1766" CONTENT="en">
Metadata deployment 2. Separate HTML document linking to a resource
Metadata deployment 3. Database record linked to a resource
Dublin Core • Content/About the Resource • Title, Subject, Description, Source, Language, Relation, Coverage • Intellectual Property • Creator, Publisher, Contributor, Rights • Electronic/Physical manifestation • Date, Type, Format, Identifier
Developing a schema • Metadata schema - overall plan of how resources will be managed • Consider potential services
Services Interface Search & Browse Repository Latest Resources Added Record Creation & Editing Jobs & Employment Conference Announcements Links to other gateways Link checking Metadata Schema Mirror Newsletter Documentation Thesaurus AVEL Gateway Model
AVEL metadata tools • HotMeta - DSTC • Basic package • template for record creation • repository • search engine
Support tools • Thesaurus • Resource Selection Criteria • Metadata Manual • Target Audience
UQ Core Team QUT DSTC Brisbane IEAust Nat Lib UNSW Sydney Melb U Canberra Melbourne Monash AVEL Team
Record creation • AVEL records created from scratch (harvesting a future possibility) • Each website sent standard email advising inclusion
Issues • quality control and standardisation • interoperability • sustainability
References • An Introduction to Metadata • http://www.library.uq.edu.au/iad/ctmeta4.html • Meta Matters • http://www.nla.gov.au/meta/ • Metadata for the masses • http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue5/metadata-masses/