17:610:553
DIGITAL LIBRARIES
Tefko Saracevic, Michael Lesk
Fall
2002
Assignment 5
Metadata
Summarize (with comments as suggested in the syllabus) the readings for this week, as listed in the Schedule. Provide examples related to metadata from your experiences, other courses, or exercises.
Discuss:
- why are metadata important for library materials?
- why are they important for digital resources and the Web in general?
- what are some of the metadata standards that are being used or proposed?
- is there a proliferation of standards?
- how will you go about to learn about a given metadata standard and its application that is used in your present or future library?