Metadata 100 Success Secrets 100 Most asked questions on Meta Data How-To Management, Repositories, Software, Standards, Tools and Databases

Nelson George

Description

Metadata (meta data, or sometimes metainformation) is "data about data", of any sort in any media. An item of metadata may describe an individual datum, or content item, or a collection of data including multiple content items and hierarchical levels, for example a database schema.

Metadata provides context for data.

Metadata is used to facilitate the understanding, characteristics, and management usage of data. The metadata required for effective data management varies with the type of data and context of use. In a library, where the data is the content of the titles stocked, metadata about a title would typically include a description of the content, the author, the publication date and the physical location.

In order to build or buy a metadata solution, a full set of metadata requirements need to exist. These requirements are not what you find documented in the average data warehouse reporting tool - they are much more. This book explains what else needs to be considered, and takes you through the way to get them, organize them, and use them.

This book is for the person that is using or implementing a metadata solution. It is also for the person that needs to decide why the metadata solution that exists in his/her organization isn't what it could be. It offers a good perspective about metadata, ownership versus stewardship.

Highly recommended, quick read covering everything metadata, something Data/IT Managers should be familiar with.

Sujets

• Data Anlytics
• Data Science
• Computers
• Informatique

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• Publié par: Emereo Publishing
• Date de parution: 24 octobre 2012
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781486454617
• Langue: English

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Metadata 100 Success Secrets

100 Most asked questions on Meta Data how-to Management, Repositories, Software, Standards, Tools and Databases

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Metadata 100 Success Secrets

There has never been a Metadata Guide like this. 100 Success Secrets isnotabout the ins and outs of Meta- data. Instead, it answers the top 100 questions that we are asked and those we come across in forums, our consultancy and educa- tion programs. It tells you exactly how to deal with those questions, with tips that have never before been offered in print. This book is alsonot about Metadata’ best practice and standards details. Instead, it introduces everything you want to know to be successful with Metadata.

Table of Contents

Understanding Content Metadata...................................................10 The Scenes behind Metadata Extract ..............................................11 The Different Metadata File types and the Relevance they play 13 A comprehensive study about LOM Metadata .............................14 What is a metadata crosswalk? ........................................................16

An Effective Tool known as Metadata Extraction Tool................17 The Concept of Metadata Mapping.................................................18 Learning to Understand XMP Metadata ........................................19 Understanding Document Metadata ..............................................21 The Policies and Procedures about FGDC Metadata....................22 The Beauty of Interoperability Metadata .......................................24 The Properties of MARC Metadata .................................................25 A comprehensive description on Metadata ...................................26 What is Management of Metadata?.................................................27 The Fundamentals of RDF Metadata ..............................................28 Database Metadata: Facilitating the Automation of Data Storage

and Delivery .......................................................................................30

IPTC Metadata: The Simplest Tool to Sign Digital Photos .........32 Work Smarter, Not Harder with JQuery ........................................33 The Tricky World of Media Cataloging..........................................34 Simple Metadata Definition: An Introduction..............................35 The Benefits of Metadata Ontology Standardization ...................36

Utilizing Different Metadata Schemas for Different Purposes... 38 Understanding the Basic Usage of XML Metadata ...................... 40 ESRI Metadata: Providing Different Formats for Information

Research.............................................................................................. 42

ISO Metadata Registry: Standardization for Better Information

Exchange............................................................................................. 44 Three Categories for your Library Metadata ................................ 46 Analyzing Company Metadata for Better Productivity .............. 47 Two Best Metadata Download Sources ......................................... 48

The Basic Characteristics of Metadata Schema ............................. 49 Metadata Tools: Automating the Process of Metadata Creation 51 What You Should Know About Metadata .................................... 52 Metadata in Today’s Digital Libraries............................................ 53 Phases to Create Metadata ............................................................... 55 Managing Metadata Location.......................................................... 56 GIS Metadata Software Tools .......................................................... 58 Importance of Cleaning Your Metadata ........................................ 60 Metadata on Flash Application ....................................................... 62 Standards Applied on Metadata Formats ..................................... 64 Training for Building and Implementing Metadata Program.... 66 Metadata Helps Your Web Site Get Notice ................................... 68 The Rules Concerning Copyright Metadata ................................. 69 The IMS Metadata Categories ......................................................... 71 How to Learn the Metadata Report? .............................................. 73

Dig-In the Metadata Repositories....................................................75 The SCORM Metadata Through Time ............................................77 The Geospatial Metadata History....................................................79

Metadata Browser and Its Impact on Searches..............................81 The System of Metadata Reporter ...................................................83 The Overview of Preservation Metadata........................................85 The Meaning Behind Semantic Metadata.......................................87

Why there is a Need to Clean up Metadata? .................................89 FGDC Metadata Standards to Follow .............................................90 Functionalities of the Kaa Metadata Module.................................92 Computer Forensics with Metadata Forensics ..............................94 Metadata List of Definitions .............................................................96 How to Ensure Security and Privacy despite the Presence of

Metadata Word Document ...............................................................97

Remove Metadata for Better Document Security..........................99 What Is Metadata and Its Types?...................................................101 The Reason to Clear Metadata Entries..........................................103 Icecast Metadata History and Other Icecast Features.................104 Metadata Bridge: Easier Access to Adobe Photoshop Images ..106 Different Metadata Jobs for Professionals ....................................108

The Importance of Creating Metadata Registries........................109 Payne Metadata Assistant Product Features ...............................111 Different Terms Coming From Standard Metadata....................113 Understanding Business Intelligence Metadata Architecture...115

General IT Metadata For Web Writing ........................................ 117 Relational Database Metadata: Benefits and Uses...................... 119 Data Warehouse Metadata and Its Benefits ................................ 121 IT Metadata Management Products: History and Uses ............ 123 The Plusses and Deltas of Document Metadata ......................... 125 Metamodels – The Basics of Metamodeling ................................ 126 The Value of Meta-Metadata ......................................................... 128 Metadata – Its Role in the Quest for a Perfectly Functional

Digital Library ................................................................................. 129 The Importance of Geospatial Metadata...................................... 131 META + DATA = INFORMATION ABOUT DATA ................. 132 The Need for a Metadata Repository ........................................... 134 Metadata’s Role on GIS .................................................................. 135 The Essence of Setting up Metadata Standards .......................... 137 Dublin Core Metadata Initiative (DCMI) – What was it for? ... 138 Audio Metadata: Definition, Audio Compression, And Asset

Management .................................................................................... 140

Existing Software Metadata That Are Commonly Proven

Effective And Efficient.................................................................... 142 Understanding A File System Metadata...................................... 144 Image Metadata: Increasing Image Searchability And Access. 145 ArcGIS Metadata: Following a Standard Facilitate Data Sharing

............................................................................................................ 147 Lightroom Metadata Easy to Push to Original Image ............... 149

Metadata Assistant: When Cleaning Files Is Imperative ...........151 Metadata: A Different Metadata Format for Different

Applications......................................................................................153 Ex Falso: A Very Useful Audio Metadata Linux Editor.............155 When Metadata Removal Becomes Necessary ...........................157

Vista Metadata Useful But Should Be Used Carefully ...............159 Is WCF Metadata the Same as WSDL? .........................................160 Free Metadata Software for Every Application Abound ...........162 Marine Metadata Interoperability Project: Aims Collaboration in

Marine Science Research .................................................................164 Metadata Files: Automatically and Manually Created ..............166 Metadata: Law Concerns and Requirements ...............................168 How Important Are Metadata Photos? ........................................170 Metadata Service: Varied Yet Complete .......................................171 VOD Metadata Specifications for Easier Content Selling and

Customer Usage ...............................................................................173 Program Metadata: What Is it? ......................................................175

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Understanding Content Metadata

Metadata being referred to as the information about a piece of information is quite a simple concept to understand. However, when you think about how you store the content that resides on that information within the metadata process, then it becomes somehow a bit complex to understand. Nonetheless, to make things a lot simpler, content metadata is simply the process of saving and storing any information that concerns a specific piece or portion of content. The content metadata being a deposited information about a piece of content usually is being restricted from being tracked and reported as the pieces of information that were entered on the content metadata page are only viewable and seen; more to that, the information that were entered are only acting as a point of reference for the identified piece of content. The Content metadata comprises of a series of options and choices that a user can select and choose. These choices are being categorized as both the field which has the information item and the description that narrates the description of the identified item. The menu options that a user can choose from have sub- directories that have the Rights Management Section Informa- tion and the Life Cycle Section Information. These two catego- ries are formidably the very well identified sections that create a better way of navigating through the content metadata section. The content metadata is one of the fast rising applications that a lot of industrialists are using in their business because of its capacity to expedite the process and allows to strengthen the capacity of the database to even perform better and a lot robust.