Research Catalog

Title

Introduction to metadata : pathways to digital information / edited by Murtha Baca.

Publication

[Los Angeles, Calif.] : Getty Information Institute, ©1998.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Baca, Murtha.
• Getty Information Institute.

Description

vi, 41 pages : illustrations; 25 cm

Summary

"As the World Wide Web has emerged as a major research tool across all fields of study, the concept of metadata has become a crucial topic. Metadata, which can be broadly defined as "data about data," refers to the searchable definitions used to locate information. This issue is particularly relevant to searches on the Web, where metatags may determine the ease with which a particular Web site is located by searchers. This book defines this little-understood concept, explains its importance and potential uses in the networked environment, and describes existing metadata standards in the field of cultural heritage information." -- Publisher.

Alternative Title

Metadata, pathways to digital information

Subject

• Metadata
• Database management
• World Wide Web
• Internet
• Database management
• Metadata
• World Wide Web
• Elektronische informatie
• Computernetwerken
• Standaardisatie
• DATA BASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
• DATA BASES
• DATA MANAGEMENT
• MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS
• INFORMATION SYSTEMS
• DATA PROCESSING
• INFORMATION RETRIEVAL
• ON-LINE SYSTEMS
• Bases de données > Gestion
• Web

Genre/Form

Books.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Contents

Defining metadata / Anne J. Gilliland-Swetland -- Metadata and the World Wide Web / Tony Gill -- Crosswalks, metadata mapping, and interoperability : what does it all mean? / Willy Cromwell-Kessler.

ISBN

• 0892365331
• 9780892365333

LCCN

98035383

OCLC

• ocm39368589
• 39368589
• SCSB-9174393

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library