Metadata / Edition 2

by Marcia Lei Zeng, Jian Qin

Overview

Metadata remains the solution for describing the explosively growing, complex world of digital information, and continues to be of paramount importance for information professionals. Providing a solid grounding in the variety and interrelationships among different metadata types, Zeng and Qin's thorough revision of their benchmark text offers a comprehensive look at the metadata schemas that exist in the world of library and information science and beyond, as well as the contexts in which they operate. Cementing its value as both an LIS text and a handy reference for professionals already in the field, this book
Lays out the fundamentals of metadata, including principles of metadata, structures of metadata vocabularies, and metadata descriptions
Surveys metadata standards and their applications in distinct domains and for various communities of metadata practice
Examines metadata building blocks, from modeling to defining properties, and from designing application profiles to implementing value vocabularies
Describes important concepts as resource identification, metadata as linked data, consumption of metadata, interoperability, and quality measurement
Offers an updated glossary to help readers navigate metadata's complex terms in easy-to-understand definitions

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781555709655
Publisher:	American Library Association
Publication date:	02/29/2016
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	584
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.18(d)

Editorial Reviews

06/01/2016
The long-awaited second edition of Zeng's (library & information science, Kent State Univ.; FRSAD: Conceptual Modeling of Aboutness) and Qin's (information studies, Syracuse Univ.; Knowledge Discovery in Bibliographic Databases) text provides over 30 percent more content, not including its two digital-only appendixes. Material has been rearranged and updated, with rewritten sections and more illustrations. The goal to address changes in Semantic Web technologies along with metadata developments since 2008 is met with meticulous literature reviews. The "Metadata Services" section includes an overview of the Linked Open Data movement. A discussion about metadata's role as a source of "Big Data" research is contained in the revised "Metadata Research" chapter. The target audience for this work includes metadata instructors, graduate students, practitioners, and researchers. Those in the technical services trenches may appreciate Murtha Baca's Introduction to Metadata and Erik Mitchell's Metadata Standards and Web Services in Libraries, Archives, and Museums. VERDICT Recommended as a graduate-level textbook and for practitioners in need of a detailed presentation about schemas, standards, and other nitty-gritty aspects of all things metadata.—Betty J. Glass, Univ. of Nevada Lib., Reno

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