I have not been involved with metadata for very long, nor have I really
contributed to its development, but let me tell you how we are using it.
We are creating databases here that will have images, video, sound and
documents of various kinds accessible through the internet. I have spent
the last few months creating the template for the indexing records for
this data. While each type of data has unique fields or elements, I have
used the Dublin Core as the basic record for each type of information, and
have then expanded on it.
For example, adding journal name, journal volume, journal number as
seperate fields.
While Metadata and Dublin Core may have been concieved as a utility to ad
to web pages, I think it has a much wider application. The databases I am
working on will be accessible through the web, however they are not
strictly 'web pages'.
Metadata standards go far beyond html, and who knows what html will be
like in five years. Databases and the access to those databases from a
global network will continue to grow regardless of the delivery method.
Metadata stadards are useful for creating these databases.
Garry Forger
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On Fri, 23 Jan 1998, Bernhard Eversberg wrote:
> I'm beginning to wonder what the prospects are of all metadata activities.
> Just who IS going to make use of them and how? Beyond "keywords", I mean.
> And ARE there ways to not just ensure quality but to prevent misuse.
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> Bernhard Eversberg
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