Metadata, Second Editiion

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; And Offers An Updated Glossary To Help Readers Navigate Metadata’s Complex Terms In Easy-to-understand Definitions. An Online Resource Of Web Extras, Packed With Exercises, Quizzes, And Links To Additional Materials, Completes This Definitive Primer On Metadata--publisher's Website. Understanding Metadata Vocabularies -- Creating Metadata Descriptions -- Metadata Structures And Semantics -- Metadata Schemas -- Metadata Services -- Metadata Quality Measurement And Improvement -- Achieving Interoperability -- Metadata Research Landscape -- Current Standards. Marcia Lei Zeng And Jian Qin. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 497-531) And Index. This benchmark text is back in a new edition thoroughly updated to incorporate developments and changes in metadata and related domains. Zeng and Qin provide a solid grounding in the variety and interrelationships among different metadata types, offering a comprehensive look at the metadata schemas that exist in the world of library and information science and beyond. Readers will gain knowledge and an understanding of key topics such as the fundamentals of metadata, including principles of metadata, structures of metadata vocabularies, and metadata descriptions; metadata building blocks, from modeling to defining properties, from designing application profiles to implementing value vocabularies, and from specification generating to schema encoding, illustrated with new examples; best practices for metadata as linked data, the new functionality brought by implementing the linked data principles, and the importance of knowledge organization systems; resource metadata services, quality measurement, and interoperability approaches; research data management concepts like the FAIR principles, metadata publishing on the web and the recommendations by the W3C in 2017, related Open Science metadata standards such as Data Catalog Vocabulary (DCAT) version 2, and metadata-enabled reproducibility and replicability of research data; standards used in libraries, archives, museums, and other information institutions, plus existing metadata standards'new versions, such as the EAD 3, LIDO 1.1, MODS 3.7, DC Terms 2020 release coordinating its ISO 15396-2:2019, and Schema.org's update in responding to the pandemic; and newer, trending forces that are impacting the metadata domain, including entity management, semantic enrichment for the existing metadata, mashup culture such as enhanced Wikimedia contents, knowledge graphs and related processes, semantic annotations and analysis for unstructured data, and supporting digital humanities (DH) through smart data. A supplementary website provides additional resources, including examples, exercises, main takeaways, and editable files for educators and trainers.