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Metadata
Metadata is nothing new by Ned Batchelder is a clear introduction to the concept.
Web technologists talk about "metadata" as a powerful enabling technology. It is; there's no arguing with that. But they miss plenty of opportunities to point out that although "metadata" is a new word, it's an old concept. In fact, its age is proof that metadata is an important idea. It's been helping information technologists for centuries.
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Geospatial Metadata Training
NOAA's National Coastal Data Development Center is offering free online geospatial metadata training. Introduction to Geospatial Metadata - ISO 191** MetadataTransitioning from FGDC Metadata to ISO MetadataIntroduction to Geospatial MetadataCreating...
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Metadata Registries
A Metadata Registry from Vocabularies Up: The NSDL Registry Project by Diane I. Hillmann, Stuart A. Sutton, Jon Phipps, and Ryan Laundry will be presented at the International Conference on Dublin Core and Metadata Applications.The NSDL Metadata Registry...
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Metadata, Beyond Description
On Lorcan Dempsey's weblog he discusses our metadata needs in a digital environment where DRM, licenses and other metadata will be used for more than description and discovery.[M]uch of our metadata discussion still focuses on refining descriptive...
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Metadata
Understanding Metadata, an introduction to metadata that includes an overview of leading metadata contenders and examples of practical applications, is now available as a free download from the National Information Standards Organization. The publication...
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Metadata
The paper Quality Assurance for Digital Learning Object Repositories: How Should Metadata be Created? by Sarah Currier and Jane Barton is available, in MS Word format.Metadata is a powerful component of any digital learning object repository, the key...
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