Metadata Generation: Processes, People and Tools

@article{greenberg2003mgp, abstract = {Metadata generation is the act of creating or producing metadata. Generating good quality metadata in an efficient manner is essential for organizing and making accessible the growing number of rich resources available on the Web. The success of digital libraries, the sustenance of interoperability – as promoted by the Open Archives Initiative – and the evolution of Semantic Web all rely on efficient metadata generation. This article sketches a metadata generation framework that involves processes, people and tools. It also presents selected research initiatives and highlights the goals of the Metadata Generation Research Project}, author = {Greenberg, J. }, citeulike-article-id = {1372865}, journal = {Bulletin of the American Society for Information Science and Technology}, keywords = {automatic\_metadata\_extraction, automatic\_metadata\_generation, metadata--applications, metadata--quality}, number = {2}, pages = {16--19}, posted-at = {2007-06-08 14:46:18}, priority = {0}, title = {Metadata Generation: Processes, People and Tools}, url = {http://www.asis.org/Bulletin/Dec-02/greenberg.html}, volume = {29}, year = {2003} }

TY - JOUR ID - greenberg2003mgp L3 - citeulike-article-id:1372865 TI - Metadata Generation: Processes, People and Tools JF - Bulletin of the American Society for Information Science and Technology VL - 29 IS - 2 SP - 16 EP - 19 N2 - Metadata generation is the act of creating or producing metadata. Generating good quality metadata in an efficient manner is essential for organizing and making accessible the growing number of rich resources available on the Web. The success of digital libraries, the sustenance of interoperability – as promoted by the Open Archives Initiative – and the evolution of Semantic Web all rely on efficient metadata generation. This article sketches a metadata generation framework that involves processes, people and tools. It also presents selected research initiatives and highlights the goals of the Metadata Generation Research Project KW - automatic_metadata_extraction KW - automatic_metadata_generation KW - metadata--applications KW - metadata--quality AU - Greenberg, J PY - 2003/// UR - http://www.asis.org/Bulletin/Dec-02/greenberg.html ER -