An emergent theory of digital library metadata enrich then filter

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 stan...

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Main Authors: Alemu, Getaneh, Stevens, Brett (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Waltham, MA Chandos Publishing is an imprint of Elsevier 2015
Series:Chandos information professional series
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Collection: O'Reilly - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary: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
Physical Description:1 online resource illustrations
ISBN:008100401X
9780081004012
0081003854