Dear Meta2 readers,
The discussion about providing metadata that describes non-HTML objects
makes me wonder whether we can use a similar technique to describe HTML
pages that are at a lower hierarchical level in a given web site. If,
as I've read, web search engines only look at the first few levels of a
site, then how do we describe and index pages that are 5-6 levels down a
set of hierarchical links? I could, on a high-level page, add subject
terms that describe a page 3 levels farther down, but if a user who
might really want info on that lower-level page actually retrieved only
the higher-level page, s/he would certainly wonder what was going on (I
hope I'm being clear here). Can we describe those lower-level pages,
any number of them, on a higher-level page by using Dublin Core REL
elements or some other kind of link that means: this set of metadata
applies to a page 3 levels down and it's at such-and-such a URL? Would
a user on HotBot be taken directly to the page 3 levels down in response
to a relevant query? Is it even possible to insert several different
sets of metadata (each describing a different related page or object)
into a single header; would this be effective?
One more question: does anyone have experience with the new FlashPix
image format I've read about on Kodak's web site? Might we insert
Dublin Core elements directly into a FlashPix file? Thanks so much for
any clarification you can provide.
Marsha Maguire
Collections Librarian
Experience Music Project
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