Digital Libraries -e553
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Metadata - Representation
A prerequisite for effective searching and handling of digital
resources is effective organization and representation of data
or content in a way that machines can recognize what is what
and then act accordingly. Enter metadata as a solution - a
standardized description of what a text or any object is all
about. It labels parts of the text (or object) with some
standardized, agreeable labels or tags. Metadata is a mechanism
for a description of digital resources and things on the Web as
well, in order to be going from machine-readable to machineunderstandable. Digitization by itself is not enough.
Metadatadization (to coin a term) is essential as well.
Considering meta data conceptually as knowledge representation
schemes and pragmatically as value added information enabling
information objects to be identified, represented, managed, and
accessed. Examination of concerns with and importance of
metadata in two environments: library and the Web.
 Precursors of contemporary developments in
metadata
 Specification of standards for metadata
 Examples of standards in several domains
 Metadata projects
 Application problems
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