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Metadata as a Tool for Information Management in Digital Environment


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1 Digital Library and Information Center, Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Science, IV, ‘T’ Block , Jayanagar, Bangalore 560041, India
2 National Center for Science Information, Indian Institute of Science, Bangaore 560041, India
     

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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.

Keywords

Digital Library, Content Management, Information Management, Metadata.
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Sharad Kumar Sonker
Digital Library and Information Center, Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Science, IV, ‘T’ Block , Jayanagar, Bangalore 560041
India

S. Shashi Nath
National Center for Science Information, Indian Institute of Science, Bangaore 560041
India


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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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Authors

Sharad Kumar Sonker
Digital Library and Information Center, Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Science, IV, ‘T’ Block , Jayanagar, Bangalore 560041, India
S. Shashi Nath
National Center for Science Information, Indian Institute of Science, Bangaore 560041, India

Abstract


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.

Keywords


Digital Library, Content Management, Information Management, Metadata.

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