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Introduction to Metadata

General Information

Introduction to Metadata: Pathways to digital information - The Getty Research Institute

Authoritative site on metadata covers its definition, importance, and standards.

Digital Libraries: Metadata Resources - IFLA

Excellent comprehensive site for uncovering information about metadata resources for digital libraries.

Metadata Standards, Crosswalks, and Organizations - University of Newfoundland

Very helpful list of links to metadata resources for general metadata and for specific metadata schemas such as Dublin Core, METS, EAD, TEI, and XML.

Standardized Handling of Digital Resources: Metadata Bibliography - NRMC (Networked Resources and Metadata Committee), Standards Subcommittee, July 1997

Useful list of standards for encoding metadata.

Metadata Bibliography - U.C. Berkeley Current Cites

Bibliography of some useful and some less useful metadata citations, generated in real-time.

Metadata Primer - NSDL (National Science Digital Library)

Basic and well-organized overview of metadata and how to plan and capture it.

Crosswalks (mapping between different metadata schemas)

Crosswalk List - MIT Libraries Metadata Advisory Group

Crosswalks Links - The Getty Research Institute

Mapping Between Metadata Formats - UKOLN

List of crosswalks and links to articles about them.

Crosswalks: the Path to Universal Access? - Mary Woodley, The Getty Research Institute

Discussion of crosswalks, their applications, and a bibliography for further study.

Issues in Crosswalking Content Metadata Standards - NISO

Examination of the issues involved in mapping metadata between different standards.

Metadata Principles and Practicalities - D-Lib Magazine, April 2002

Overview of two metadata standards, Dublin Core and Learning Object Metadata (LOM). Examines how different metadata standards can be used together and gives a good explanation of general metadata principles on which standards are based.

Last modified: March 3, 2006