Category:Metadata

Traditionally, the term metadata means "data about data" and this definition covers all information which is available to describe an item/resource of interest in a specific context. Metadata is structured information, thus each value is accompanied by a tag which refers to the content of the value. The following resources provide some introduction to this area:


 * Tim Berners-Lee: Axioms of Web Architecture: Metadata (1997). Access date: 2007-06-24
 * Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Göttingen, SUB: Metadata Server (2003). Access date: 2007-06-24
 * National Science Digital Library, NSDL: Metadata primer (2005). Access date: 2007-06-24