Metadata Cataloguing Technical Services Library and Information Science

Metadata Cataloguing Technical Services Library and Information Science

Metadata is "data about data" which allows computers to process information more effectively. It is similar to how a card in a card catalog would help you find a book in the library (if you can remember those days).

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EuroCRIS CERIF Task Group - Task Group maintaining and developing Common European Research Information Format Metadata and database format. First published and supported by European Commission for research and scientific data sharing and exchange.
Technical standards for electronic bibliographic data/metadata - Subset of the Cataloguer's Toolbox. URNs, SICI, DOI, Z39.50, TEI, RDF, and Dublin Core.
Electronic Scriptorium Ltd - Specializes in metadata and high value data conversion. It contracts work out to monks and nuns throughout the United States.
Metadata Standards and Information Analysis - Surveys several metadata standards with the assumption that surveying the models that can serve as a basis for the metadata standards.
A Web Hub for Developing Administrative Metadata for Electronic Resource Management - News, links to documents and projects, and a mailing list.
University of Queensland: An Introduction to Metadata - Detailed explanation of metadata, schema and elements, in a FAQ format. Includes related links.
Resource Guide to Metadata - Reference to metadata standards for scientific, research, and education information. Describes ontologies for science.
Digital Libraries: Metadata Resources - IFLA collection of Internet metadata resources.
Metadata Research Center (MRC) - The University of North Carolina School of Information and Library (SILS) Metadata Research Center has been established to advance research in the area of metadata, semantics and ontologies.
Visual Resources Association - Non-profit organization for advancing knowledge, research, and education in the field of visual information resources. Features newsletter, conferences, contacts and membership details.
EServer TC Library: Metadata - A collection of rated, reviewed online resources in cataloguing.
Adobe Extensible Metadata Platform (XMP) - Background information and a technical specification for this metadata format.
MetaMap - An annotated Scalable Vector Graphic showing metadata standards, sets, and initiatives.
Metadata projects, resources, workshops - European Commission: Telematics for Libraries.
National Curriculum Metadata Standard - Description and documentation of the metadata standard for the National Curriculum for England.
The Publishing Requirements for Industry Standard Metadata (PRISM) Specification - Defines an XML metadata vocabulary for managing, aggregating, post-processing, multi-purposing and aggregating magazine and mainstream journal content. PRISM is defined by a working group of IDEAlliance, a publishing industry association.
UKOLN Metadata - Resources from the UK Office for Library and Information Networking
CanCore - Official home for documents, presentations and other resources related to the Canadian Core Learning Object Metadata Application Profile. The CanCore Profile is intended to facilitate the interchange of records describing educa
Index Data - Specializes in the design and development of advanced software for information management and retrieval applications. Uses Z39.50, Dublin Core and XML.
Agricultural Metadata Element Set Project - The AgMES project promotes the use of metadata in description of all document-like information objects in the domain of agriculture. It is an extension of the Dublin Core element set.
Advanced Meta Data Architecture - David Marco. Architectural challenges that arise with implementing a meta data repository that requires more advanced functionality.
SSD (Simple Storefront Distribution) - A web content distribution method used by E-Commerce websites to share catalog data in a format easily interpreted by computer software. SSD is an XML 1.0 based markup language modeled after the RSS 2.0 specification.
XML: Metadata For the Rest of Us. - By Jeffery Veen. Wired Magazine. Includes an interview with Tim Bray.
Metadata Gateway - Introduces basic Metadata concepts, major metadata standards or schemas, the relationship between new access mechanisms for digital library and traditional cataloguing methods, systems, software and tools for metadata creation, harvest and migration.
Metadata Architecture and Application Team (MAAT) - Includes MAAT news, introduction, activities, and metadata resources.
Public Broadcasting Metadata Dictionary (PBCore) - Designed to provide for television, radio and Web activities a standard way of describing and using data. This allows content to be more easily retrieved and shared.
Metadata.Net Home Page - Resources from the Distributed Systems Technology Center (DSTC).
FASTER - Describes a metadata project focused on creating an easy-to-use and flexible tool for access to official and other statistical data.
Metadata at W3C - Metadata research at the World Wide Web Consortium.
ML Metadata - Provides an introduction and internet resources on metadata for the small library.
Metacrap - Cory Doctorow's seven arguments against metadata.

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