%0 Book %1 GGB00 %A Gill, Tony %A Gilliland-Swetland, Anne %A Baca, Murtha %D 1998 %I Getty Education Institute for the Arts, U.S. %K annotation informationRetrieval metadata search %T Introduction to Metadata - Pathways to digital information %X 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. Introduction to Metadata 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. A glossary of terms and expressions and a selected bibliography provide useful information for understanding this timely topic. Tony Gill is the ADAM and VADS program leader at the Surrey Institute of Art and Design, England. Anne Gilliland-Swetland is an assistant professor at the Graduate School of Education and Information Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles. Murtha Baca is project manager for standards and research databases at the Getty Information Institute.

@book{GGB00, abstract = {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. Introduction to Metadata 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. A glossary of terms and expressions and a selected bibliography provide useful information for understanding this timely topic. Tony Gill is the ADAM and VADS program leader at the Surrey Institute of Art and Design, England. Anne Gilliland-Swetland is an assistant professor at the Graduate School of Education and Information Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles. Murtha Baca is project manager for standards and research databases at the Getty Information Institute.}, added-at = {2007-05-24T09:38:44.000+0200}, author = {Gill, Tony and Gilliland-Swetland, Anne and Baca, Murtha}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/254fc2b9167f2332b8c6dc7f720303032/lysander07}, description = {urveys some of the approaches being developed to deal with the lack of shared standards and the inconsistencies in recording and indexing digital information problems that inhibit access to the vast libraries of images and information on the World Wide Web.}, interhash = {db83989f8cecf1b4b00ee049082a174e}, intrahash = {54fc2b9167f2332b8c6dc7f720303032}, keywords = {annotation informationRetrieval metadata search}, month = Dec, publisher = {Getty Education Institute for the Arts, U.S.}, timestamp = {2009-01-27T15:24:50.000+0100}, title = {Introduction to Metadata - Pathways to digital information}, year = 1998 }