Metadata

Media publications

• Advanced Meta Data Architecture - David Marco. Architectural challenges that arise with implementing a meta data repository that requires more advanced functionality. (Published 2000.08.01)
• WebMonkey: Metadata, Mark II - Jason Cook's article about some independent technologies such as GeoURL, SMBmeta, Dublin Core, RDF, and FOAF. (Published 2003.07.07)
• XML: Metadata For the Rest of Us. - By Jeffery Veen. Wired Magazine. Includes an interview with Tim Bray. (Published 1997.08.08)

	FASTER URL: http://www.exploit-lib.org/issue7/data/ ODP description: Describes a metadata project focused on creating an easy-to-use and flexible tool for access to official and other statistical data. Page title: Exploit Interactive Issue 7: Flexible Access to Statistics, Tables and Electronic Resources Page description: Simon Musgrave introduces two social science data archives, NESSTAR and FASTER
	SSD (Simple Storefront Distribution) URL: http://www.simplestorefront.org ODP description: 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. Page title: SSD 1.0 Specification Page description: SSD (Simple Storefront Distribution) is a web content distribution method used by E-Commerce websites to share catalog data in a format easily interpreted by computer software.
	Public Broadcasting Metadata Dictionary (PBCore) URL: http://www.utah.edu/cpbmetadata/ ODP description: 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. Page title: PBCore Metadata: Welcome Page description: PBCore is a Metadata & Cataloging Resource for Public Broadcasters & Associated Communities
	Metadata Architecture and Application Team (MAAT) URL: http://www.sinica.edu.tw/~metadata/index-eng.html ODP description: Includes MAAT news, introduction, activities, and metadata resources. Page title: MAAT
	ML Metadata URL: http://www.minilibrary.org/metadata.htm ODP description: Provides an introduction and internet resources on metadata for the small library. Page title: Metadata for the small library - ML
	Metadata Gateway URL: http://www.geocities.com/metagateway/ ODP description: 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. Page description: The website introduces Metadata conceptions; major metadata standards or schemas; issues related to managing different formats and contents of digital resources; the relationship between new access mechanisms for digital library and traditional cataloguing methods; intellectual rights control; as well as interoperabilities among various information management systems. It also introduces software and tools to support metadata creation, harve...
	Technical standards for electronic bibliographic data/metadata URL: http://staff.library.mun.ca/staff/toolbox/standards.htm ODP description: Subset of the Cataloguer's Toolbox. URNs, SICI, DOI, Z39.50, TEI, RDF, and Dublin Core.
	University of Queensland: An Introduction to Metadata URL: http://www.itb.hu/fejlesztesek/meta/hgls/core/Background/An_Introduction_to_Metadata.htm ODP description: Detailed explanation of metadata, schema and elements, in a FAQ format. Includes related links. Page title: An Introduction to Metadata
	CanCore URL: http://www.cancore.ca/ ODP description: 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 educational resources and the discovery of these resources both in Canada and beyond its borders.
	UKOLN Metadata URL: http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/metadata/ ODP description: Resources from the UK Office for Library and Information Networking
	MetaMap URL: http://mapageweb.umontreal.ca/turner/meta/english/index.html ODP description: An annotated Scalable Vector Graphic showing metadata standards, sets, and initiatives. Page title: MetaMap - Welcome
	Metadata Standards and Information Analysis URL: http://www.geocities.com/ronaldsnijder/ ODP description: Surveys several metadata standards with the assumption that surveying the models that can serve as a basis for the metadata standards. Page title: Metadata Standards and Information Analysis - Ronald Snijder
	National Curriculum Metadata Standard URL: http://www.curriculumonline.gov.uk/SupplierCentre/Metadataguides.htm ODP description: Description and documentation of the metadata standard for the National Curriculum for England. Page title: Curriculum Online - Supplier centre
	Metadata Research Center (MRC) URL: http://ils.unc.edu/mrc/ ODP description: 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. Page title: Metadata Research Center
	Metadata projects, resources, workshops URL: http://cordis.europa.eu/libraries/ ODP description: European Commission: Telematics for Libraries. Page title: CORDIS: Telematics for Libraries home page
	Electronic Scriptorium Ltd URL: http://www.electronicscriptorium.com/ ODP description: Specializes in metadata and high value data conversion. It contracts work out to monks and nuns throughout the United States. Page title: Content Management Services, Metadata Cataloging, Taxonomy Design Page description: Electronic Scriptorium provides content management services including metadata cataloging, MARC21 cataloging, thesaurus and taxonomy design and controlled vocabulary development using professional library science techniques.
	Digital Libraries: Metadata Resources URL: http://www.ifla.org/II/metadata.htm ODP description: IFLA collection of Internet metadata resources.
	Resource Guide to Metadata URL: http://derpi.tuwien.ac.at/~andrei/Metadata_Science.htm ODP description: Reference to metadata standards for scientific, research, and education information. Describes ontologies for science. Page title: Metadata for science, research and technology. Metadata schemas and ontologies. CERIF. DAML + OIL, RDF for scientific data
	Metadata at W3C URL: http://www.w3.org/Metadata/ ODP description: Metadata research at the World Wide Web Consortium.
	A Web Hub for Developing Administrative Metadata for Electronic Resource Management URL: http://www.library.cornell.edu/elicensestudy/ ODP description: News, links to documents and projects, and a mailing list.
	Visual Resources Association URL: http://www.vraweb.org/ ODP description: Non-profit organization for advancing knowledge, research, and education in the field of visual information resources. Features newsletter, conferences, contacts and membership details. Page title: Visual Resources Association - The International Association of Image Media Professionals Page description: VRA Visual Resources Association, the International Association of Image Media Professionals. The VRA is a firmly established association with over 600 active members. Professional networking, career development, up-to-the-minute news on new technologies and advances in the field are part of the the VRA Advantage.
	The Publishing Requirements for Industry Standard Metadata (PRISM) Specification URL: http://www.prismstandard.org/ ODP description: 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. Page title: PRISM: Publishing Requirements for Industry Standard Metadata
	EServer TC Library: Metadata URL: http://tc.eserver.org/dir/Metadata ODP description: A collection of rated, reviewed online resources in cataloguing. Page description: A directory of resources about metadata in the field of technical communication.
	Adobe Extensible Metadata Platform (XMP) URL: http://www.adobe.com/products/xmp/ ODP description: Background information and a technical specification for this metadata format. Page title: Adobe XMP: Adding intelligence to media
	Metacrap URL: http://www.well.com/~doctorow/metacrap.htm ODP description: Cory Doctorow's seven arguments against metadata.
	Metadata.Net Home Page URL: http://metadata.net/ ODP description: Resources from the Distributed Systems Technology Center (DSTC).
	EuroCRIS CERIF Task Group URL: http://www.ub.uib.no/avdeling/fdok/cris/taskgroups/index3.htm ODP description: 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.