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Metadata has been with us since the first librarian made a list of the items on a shelf of handwritten scrolls. The term "meta" comes from a Greek word that denotes "alongside, with, after, next." More recent Latin and English usage would employ "meta" to denote something transcendental, or beyond nature. Metadata, then, can be thought of as data about other data. It is the Internet-age term for information that librarians traditionally have put into catalogs, and it most commonly refers to descriptive information about Web resources.
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A metadata record consists of a set of attributes, or elements, necessary to describe the resource in question. For example, a metadata system common in libraries -- the library catalog -- contains a set of metadata records with elements that describe a book or other library item: author, title, date of creation or publication, subject coverage, and the call number specifying location of the item on the shelf.
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- elements may be contained in a record separate from the item, as in the case of the library's catalog record; or
- the metadata may be embedded in the resource itself.
The linkage between a metadata record and the resource it describes may take one of two forms:
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eddyhamelinFor Metadata Class, Dublin Core Assignment
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Bianca RayThis website is all about the what, the function, and the abilities of the Dublin Core
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t is the Internet-age term for information that librarians traditionally have put into catalogs, and it most commonly refers to descriptive information about Web resources.
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metadata system common in libraries
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ontains a set of metadata records with elements that describe a book or other library item: author, title, date of creation or publication, subject coverage, and the call number specifying location of the item on the shelf.
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violet ladyragnellillman, D. (2005). Using Dublin Core. Retrieved May 15, 2012, from:
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