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Subject: JISC ITT: Metadata Generation for Resource Discovery
Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2006 14:27:02 -0000
From: Nike HOLMES [7427] <[log in to unmask]>
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*JISC ITT: Metadata Generation for Resource Discovery*
The JISC wishes to commission a study to outline the issues surrounding
metadata creation and to look at other possible strategies, tools and
mechanisms for automatic metadata generation and exposure.
The aims and objectives of the study are:
o To assess how realistic metadata creation is in terms of the
evolving information environment.
o To identify automatic metadata generation/extraction tools
and what the potential uses are for these within the context
of resource discovery for learning and research within the
post-sixteen education sector.
o To highlight issues and challenges surrounding the use of
these technologies and metadata generation.
o To make recommendations for potential work within the JISC
Information Environment in order to help address the
associated issues.
The deadline for receipt of tenders is 1300 hours on Friday 3rd March
2006. Funding of up to £40,000 (Inclusive of VAT and related travel and
subsistence) is available for the study.
The expected start date for the project is the 20th March 2006. This
study should take place over a maximum period of five months.
Further information including a full Invitation To Tender can be found
at: _http://www.jisc.ac.uk/index.cfm?name=funding_metageneration_
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