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Learn about metadata records, elements, and storage options. Explore integrated metadata, external storage, and metadata embedded in various file types. Discover how metadata is used in different contexts and its importance in information management.
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records descriptions statements Metadata Descriptions
records descriptions statements The term “metadata” is used differently in different communities • Some use it to refer to • machine understandable information; • Some use it only for • records that describe electronic resources.
records descriptions statements metadata “records” • Metadata records have been seen as the basic units of management and exchange. • A metadata record uses metadata elements to describe something, e.g., a Web site, an image, a person, or a technical report.
-- (1) Internal storage • A metadata record may be stored in the same file as the resource, e.g.: • Web pages • WORD files • PDF files • Image files • … …
Metadata embedded in a Webpage's Head Section View source Source: marciazeng.slis.kent.edu/metadatabasics/Portuguese/cover.htm
Metadata embedded in a PDF file Description metadata XMP= eXtensible Metadata Platform -- Adobe’s cross-products metadata framework
Multiple output format Metadata embedded in a PDF file (2) Integrated metadata: descriptive, administrative, and technical metadata
Metadata embedded in an image file Photoshop provides multiple templates: for photo, video, audio, Mobil SWF, and even medical images(DICOM) Adobe Bridge providesadjustable metadata templates
ID3 tags for audio files Internal layout of an ID3v2 tagged file. Homepage: http://www.id3.org/Home Complete list of frames: http://www.id3.org/Frames
A metadata record for a song in iTunes A metadata record for a song in iTunes
-- (2) External storage • A common method for large collections where metadata records are usually stored separately from the resource(s) they describe (whether these resources are available in electronic format or not). • A relational database management system (or simpler file system) can be implemented in order to store the records.
The Cleveland Memory Project The Cleveland Memory Project, Cleveland State University Library: www.clevelandmemory.org/disasters/.
Metadata record created with CONTENTdmsoftware Input data values and create records Manage metadata fields, set them as searchable , viewable, or use controlled vocabulary
records descriptions statements Think Differently:Three Descriptions in a Record Record Description B Collected Works of William Shakespeare Description A Title Collection Antony and Cleopatra 1606 William Shakespeare isPartOf Description C Title Date Name createdBy Play Playwright Subject Birthplace Roman history Stratford
(3) Metadata statements embedded in Web pages http://dev.iptc.org/rNews-10-Introduction-to-rNews
Using RDFa format to encode: <articleURI>rdf:typernews:Article<articleURI>rnews:about<thingURI> Slide from: http://www.iskouk.org/conf2013/slides/TarlingSlides.ppt
Using HTML5 Microdata to encode: Original source code:<div> <h1>Metadata Basics</h1> <span>Creator: Marcia L. Zeng</span> <span>Tutorial</span> <a href="../index.htm ">Table Of Content</a> </div> Adding markup with semantically useful microdata (seeing in boldface): <div itemscopeitemtype ="http://schema.org/CreativeWork/WebPage"> <h1 itemprop="name">Metadata</h1> <div itemprop="author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <span> Creator: <span itemprop="author">Marcia L. Zeng</span></span> </div> <span itemprop="genre">Tutorial</span> <a href="../index.html" itemprop="mainContentOfPage"> Table Of Content </a> </div>