By Steven J. Miller

Companion Website

Metadata: It's all about user functionality and interoperability

• What do you want your metadata to do for your users?
• How can you make metadata from different sources function together for your users?

   Resources and Glossaries

• Metadata Standards and Resources

• Glossary

• Acronym Glossary

• Dublin Core Metadata Element Set Table

• Dublin Core Qualifiers Table

   Examples and Mappings

• Metadata Application Profiles, Records,
  Functionality, and Quality Examples

• Dublin Core and MODS Element Comparison Examples

• Dublin Core--MODS--VRA Element Mapping Table

Study and Instruction

Chapter Supplements: Review Questions, Recommended Readings, and Exercises:

• Chapter 1. Introduction to Metadata for Digital Collections

• Chapter 2. Introduction to Resource Description and Dublin Core

• Chapter 3. Resource Identification and Responsibility Elements

• Chapter 4. Resource Content and Relationship Elements

• Chapter 5. Controlled Vocabularies for Improved Resource Discovery

• Chapter 6. XML-Encoded Metadata

• Chapter 7. MODS: The Metadata Object Description Schema

• Chapter 8. VRA Core: The Visual Resources Association Core Categories

• Chapter 9. Metadata Interoperability, Shareability, and Quality

• Chapter 10. Designing and Documenting a Metadata Scheme

• Chapter 11: Metadata, Linked Data, and the Semantic Web

Background Notes for Instructors

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