Metadata as a Tool for Information Management in Digital Environment
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Digital Library and Information Center, Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Science, IV, ‘T’ Block , Jayanagar, Bangalore 560041
Sharad Kumar Sonker -
National Center for Science Information, Indian Institute of Science, Bangaore 560041S. Shashi Nath
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https://doi.org/10.17821/srels/2008/v45i4/44275Keywords:
Digital Library, Content Management, Information Management, MetadataAbstract
Metadata though being nothing new, has provided the information professionals a key approach for organizing, managing, preserving digital material and to support search and retrieval (resource discovery) and inter-operability. This paper discusses what is metadata, its types, metadata schemes (standards), examples and applications in different domains, relationship between different metadata standards, relationship between cataloguing and metadata, and current developments.
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Dublin Core metadata element set is available at the URL: http://dublincore.org/
Kent State University's School of Library and Information. http://proto-www.slis.kent.edu/
The Dublin Core Metadata Element Set. http://www.techstreet.com/cgi-bin/detail?product_id=926135
The Dublin Core Descriptive Metadata Program by Clifford Lynch, Executive Director, Coalition for Networked Information. http://www.arl.org/newsltr/196/dublin.html
Metadata made simpler: A guide for libraries. http://www.techstreet.com/cgi-bin/detail?product_id=924055
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Accepted 2013-12-31
Published 2008-11-13
