> SECTION ONE: YOUR METADATA USAGE
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> 1.1 Do you personally use metadata tags for web sites? Yes
>
> 1.2 If you been using metadata tags how long have you been using them
for? about a year ago
>
> 1.3 If you been using metadata tags what types of web documents do you
add
> them to? education resources
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> SECTION TWO: ORGANISATIONAL METADATA USAGE
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> 2.1 What year did your organisation first make a web site available?
1993
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>
>
> 2.2 How long has your organisation been using metadata tags for its
web
> site? I'm not sure about that. Maybe a couple of years
>
>
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> 2.3 Does your organisation have a policy on the use of Metadata?
> If so please provide a summary of the policy or an URL address of where it
can
> be found.
http://mother.lub.lu.se/ELT/
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>
>
> 2.4 What types of web documents does your organisation add Metadata tags
to?
> Education resources
>
>
> 2.5 How often would you normally add the following Metadata Tags to
> your web > pages? (Please make your selection by selecting the most
appropriate response
> from below.)
>
> DUBLIN CORE METADATA TAGS
> [A] Always, [F] Frequently, [O] Occasionally, [S] Seldom, [N] Never
>
> [A] TITLE
> [A ] CREATOR
> [S ] SUBJECT
> [A ] DESCRIPTION
> [O ] PUBLISHER
> [O ] CONTRIBUTOR
> [O ] DATE
> [S ] TYPE
> [S ] FORMAT
> [A ] IDENTIFIER
> [N ] SOURCE
> [A ] LANGUAGE
> [O ] RELATION
> [O ] COVERAGE
> [S ] RIGHTS
>
> OTHER METADATA TAGS
> [ A] KEYWORDS
> [A ] Description
> [ A] OTHER ( Please specify)
Subject classification
User level
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>
>
> 2.6 If your organisation doesn't use all of the 15 Dublin Core
Metadata
> Tagset, could you please explain why?
>
>
>
> 2.7 Do you believe that the use of Metadata tags improves access to
your
> organisations web pages via search engines? Yes, it's easier to retrieve
significant documents
>
>
>
> 2.8 Which search engines have you submitted your organisation's web
pages
> to? I can't answer this question
>
>
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> 2.9 Why did you first decide to use metadata tags in your web site?
The organisation decided it
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>
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> 2.10 Are you still using Metadata for your web pages? Yes
> If you don't use metadata anymore go to Section Three.
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>
>
> 2.11 Why have you decided to continue using metadata to reference your
web
> site? See 2.7>
>
>
> 2.12 What is the source for the metadata information for your web
pages?
>
> Mostly page source on Netscape
>
> 2.13 What quality control do you have for the metadata information
supplied
> by others for your web pages?
>
>
> 2.14 How is this information turned into metadata tags for your web
pages?
> Go to section four.
>
>
>
> SECTION THREE: STOPPED USING METADATA
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> 3.1 When did you decide to discontinue using metadata for your web
pages?
>
>
>
> 3.2 Why did you decide to discontinue using metadata for your web
pages?
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> SECTION FOUR: FUTURE OF METADATA
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> 4.1 At the current time Metadata is only still in its infancy. How do
you
> think metadata will evolve? As dates in traditional libraries >
>
>
> 4.2 In your, opinion will the adoption of Metadata be influenced by
the
> practices of search engines? Please explain why or why not?
>
>
> 4.3 In your, opinion what do you believe will be the influence of the
> Dublin
> Core initiative on the adoption of metadata? Please explain why or why
not.
>
>
>
> 4.4 Please indicate if you would like to receive an electronic version
> of my
> thesis once finished. It should be completed by the end of 1999.
> [ ] Yes
>
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