Metadata and the Web
Library Cataloging

Metadata and the Web


Metadata and the Web by Mehdi Safari appears in Webology 1(2).
The rapid increase in the number and variety of resources on the World Wide Web has made the problem of resource description and discovery central to discussions about the efficiency and evolution of this medium. The inappropriateness of traditional schemas of resource description for web resources has encouraged significant activities recently on defining web-compatible schemas named "metadata". While conceptually old for library and information professionals, metadata has taken more significant and paramount role than ever before and is considered as the golden key for the next evolution of the web in the form of semantic web. This article is intended to be a brief introduction to metadata and tries to present its overview in the web.
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Committee on Cataloging to present a technical session on metadata at the Annual Conference, New York, June 9, 2003.Metadata Standards: what's new & how will they impact your work Monday, Jun 09, 2003 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM Sponsors: Technical Standards...



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