. Marcia Lei Zeng & Jian Qin

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  • Quick Path
    • Chapter 1. Introduction
    • Chapter 2. Understanding Metadata Vocabularies
    • Chapter 3. Creating Metadata Descriptions
    • Chapter 4. Metadata Structures and Semantics
    • Chapter 5. Metadata Schemas
    • Chapter 6. Metadata Services
    • Chapter 7. Metadata Quality Measurement and Improvemen
    • Chapter 8. Achieving Interoperability
    • Chapter 9. Metadata Research Landscape
    • Chapter 10. Current Standards
    • Appendix A. Metadata Standards
    • Appendix B. Value Encoding Schemes and Content Standards
  • Acknowledgement

This is the companion website for textbook
Metadata 3rd Edition (2022-01)
by Marcia L.ei Zeng and Jian Qin.

ISBN 978-0-8389-4875-0 (print + eBook) & ISBN 9781783305889 (print + eBook)
Readings & Exercises are provided for each chapter.
Additional teaching materials shared with instructors (guru.metadataetc.org/) can be requested.
"Examination copies are available for instructors who are interested in adopting this title for course use." ALA Publishing
2024 Updates: (1) Resources on “Artificial Intelligence (AI) Standards and Guidelines” are added in Appendix B. Value Encoding Schemes and Content Standards of this book. (2) A “LBA6 Diverse Cultural Heritage Entities Processed in the New Age of AI” is added in the guru.metadataetc.org/ site for instructors to use.

Table of contents

Part I.
Fundamentals of Metadata

  • Chapter 1. Introduction
  • Chapter 2. Understanding Metadata Vocabularies
  • Chapter 3. Creating Metadata Descriptions

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Part II.
Metadata Vocabulary Building Blocks

  • Chapter 4. Metadata Structures and Semantics
  • Chapter 5. Metadata Schemas

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Table of Contents

Part III.
Metadata Services

  • Chapter 6. Metadata Services
  • Chapter 7. Metadata Quality Measurement & Improvement
  • Chapter 8. Achieving Interoperability

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Table of Contents

Part IV.
Metadata Outlook in Research

  • Chapter 9. Metadata Research Landscape


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Part V.
Metadata Standards

  • Chapter 10. Current Standards


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Appendices

  • Appendix A. Metadata Standards -- metadata schemas, application profiles, and registries
  • Appendix B. Value Encoding Schemes and Content Standards
  • Appendix C. Glossary (see textbook)

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Metadata 3rd ed.
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