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Metadata for Networked Resources
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What is the Problem?
A Critical Perspective on the Information Landscape of the Web
The Web as an Information System
The Web is missing much of what we associate with a library...
Metadata: Enabling higher quality information services on the Web
Metadata takes many forms
Metadata Challenges
Warwick Framework: Containing Chaos
Modularization allows Distributed Management
Modularization and Distribution Present New Challenges
Resource Description Communities
The Internet Commons embraces many Resource Description Communities
Interoperability requires conventions about:
Dublin Core Metadata
Dublin Core Workshop Series and Related Events
The Dublin Core Metadata Element Set
Central Characteristics of the Dublin Core Metadata Element Set
A Maintenance Agency for the Dublin Core?
A Maintenance Agency for the Dublin Core Initiative
Dublin Core Working Groups (http://www.mailbase.ac.uk)
Steps Toward Standardization
What will be standardized?
Relationships to other Metadata Initiatives
MARC/AARC2
Z39.50 and Dublin Core
INDECS project
IMS
DC Implementation Projects
Projects (continued)
Projects (continued)
Projects (continued)
Projects (continued)
Commerce
Why Consider the Dublin Core?
Additional Information on Dublin Core
DESIRE Metadata Tools
A little light relief ?
DC in HTML
Editors - DC-dot
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Editors - Nordic Template
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Metadata management
DC-ROADS - Summary
DC-ROADS - authoring
DC-ROADS - embedding
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DC Usage - Web Robots
References
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Tom Baker’s Theory of Pidgin Metadata
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Extensibility (refined semantics)
Modular Extensibility
What might ‘Extensibility’ mean for Specific Communities?
The Purpose of Qualifiers
Increase Semantic Specificity
Specification of Encoding Rules
Define the Substructure of a Compound Value
Authority Control
Tradeoffs of Qualification
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To recap...
How do we solve this...
Common Syntax: XML
XML Continued...
Data Transmission Methods
XML for Describing Data
Common Structure: RDF
RDF Continued...
RDF Example 1
RDF Example 3
RDF Example 2
Description Vocabularies
Common Semantics
Dublin Core Metadata Initiative
More Info…
DESIRE Consortium September 20, 1999 Bristol UK Metadata for Networked Resources
Building block for systems and services
Metadata is used for..
What does metadata describe?
Diversity of services
Selective services
Benefits of shared approaches
Information gateways
Metadada creation
Collaborative metadata creation
Description of BIBLINK Workspace
Future options?
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Semantic Web
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Data Transmission Methods
RDF as Building Blocks
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Open Source / Open Standards
Panel Session
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