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Metadata matters
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The World Wide Web has allowed many people to make their online publications available quickly and relatively easily. But there is a risk that these publications will be impossible to find in an ocean of irrelevant documents. To index resources more precisely on the Web, or to arrange them in topic groups for assisted navigation, you need to add metadata. Metadata is information about your resource. Just like a catalogue record in a library system, metadata describes a publication or resource. The resource may be in any Web-enabled forman electronic journal, a home page, an article, a database, or a CD-ROM. The National Library has developed an information site describing metadata and how to apply it. MetaMatters provides useful links to Australian creators, user guides, discussion lists, subject gateways and a reading list. If your queries are not listed the frequently asked questions, please contact the National Library on metadata@nla.gov.au Comments regarding the site are welcome. Check it out at http://www.nla.gov.au/meta/ |
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