Metadata for information management and retrieval : understanding metadata and its use / David Haynes.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Haynes, David, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Metadata.

Information organization.

Information retrieval.

Big data.

Intellectual property.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 267 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

London : Facet, 2018.

Summary:

This new and updated second edition of a classic text provides a thought provoking introduction to metadata for all library and information students and professionals. Metadata for Information Management and Retrieval has been fully revised to bring it up to date with new technologies and standards. It builds on the concept of metadata through an exploration of its purposes and uses as well as considering the main aspects of metadata management. This new edition, containing new chapters on 'Very Large Data Collections' and the 'Politics and Ethics of Metadata', assesses the current theory and practice of metadata and examines key developments in terms of both policy and technology.

Contents:

Introduction

Defining, describing and expressing metadata

Data modelling

Metadata standards

Resource identification and description (Purpose 1)

Retrieving information (Purpose 2)

Managing information resources (Purpose 3)

Managing intellectual property rights (Purpose 4)

Supporting e-commerce and e-government (Purpose 5)

Information governance (Purpose 6)

Managing metadata

Taxonomies and encoding schemes

Very large data collections

Politics and ethics of metadata.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Jul 2018).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Print version

ISBN:

9781783302161

9781856048248

1856048241