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metadata: a standalone construct

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metadata1 CONSTRUCTMetadataDUVAL · KNOWLEDGE ORGANIZATION

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Knowledge organization

structured data about a resource that describes it and supports its discovery, management and use, ideally modular, extensible and interoperable.

In knowledge organization, metadata refers to structured data about a resource that describes it and supports its discovery, management and use, ideally modular, extensible and interoperable. This meaning comes from Duval (2002) in D-Lib Magazine.[1]

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References

  1. Duval, E., Hodgins, W., Sutton, S., & Weibel, S. L. (2002). Metadata Principles and Practicalities. D-Lib Magazine, 8(4). https://doi.org/10.1045/april2002-weibel

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