I will of course provide the list with a summary of my findings (Sorry
forgot to include that in the original e-mail).
Mahendra Mahey wrote:
> I am trying to find the extent to which repositories are using some
> form of automatically generated metadata.
>
> This could be in the form of automatically inserting the depositors
> details into the author field as a suggestion (if they are indeed the
> author - as sometimes they are not), a pick list appearing on a
> deposit form from an internal database, to the use of automatic
> classification systems that populate fields such as keywords, subject,
> title etc after an analysis of the item deposited.
>
> *Questions*
>
> If your repository is using auto metadata...
>
> What kind of auto metadata is being used and how? Has this been
> formally documented? Is this available? If not, could you provide me
> with a screnshot?
>
> If you are not using it, I am assuming that you would like to use some
> form of it, as long as it is reliable? If any of you are have
> objections or bad experiences to using auto generated metadata, please
> let me know why.
>
> Could you please *reply to me off list*?
>
> Thank you
>
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Mr Mahendra Mahey
Repositories Research Officer
UKOLN,
University of Bath,
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BA2 7AY
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