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An Emergent Theory of Digital Library Metadata : Enrich Then Filter
- Publication Year :
- 2015
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Abstract
- An Emergent Theory of Digital Library Metadata is a reaction to the current digital library landscape that is being challenged with growing online collections and changing user expectations. The theory provides the conceptual underpinnings for a new approach which moves away from expert defined standardised metadata to a user driven approach with users as metadata co-creators. Moving away from definitive, authoritative, metadata to a system that reflects the diversity of users'terminologies, it changes the current focus on metadata simplicity and efficiency to one of metadata enriching, which is a continuous and evolving process of data linking. From predefined description to information conceptualised, contextualised and filtered at the point of delivery. By presenting this shift, this book provides a coherent structure in which future technological developments can be considered. Metadata is valuable when continuously enriched by experts and users Metadata enriching results from ubiquitous linkin Metadata is a resource that should be linked openly The power of metadata is unlocked when enriched metadata is filtered for users individually
- Subjects :
- Digital media
Metadata
Library metadata
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- Language :
- English
- ISBNs :
- 9780081003855 and 9780081004012
- Database :
- eBook Index
- Journal :
- An Emergent Theory of Digital Library Metadata : Enrich Then Filter
- Publication Type :
- eBook
- Accession number :
- 1051259