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Everything we need to know about metadata, the usually invisible infrastructure for information with which we interact every day.When “metadata” became breaking news, appearing in stories about surveillance by the National Security Agency, many members of the public encountered this once-obscure term from information science for the first time. Should people be reassured that the NSA was “only” collecting metadata about phone calls—information about the caller, the...

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 asthe fundamentals of metadata, including...

Does the enterprise system have authentication mechanisms already in place?Has it helped in making customers lives easier, thus increasing retention?How many years of experience do you have cataloging or indexing any type of material?How should your organization assign responsibility for records management?How will mobile app end users access your organizations internal network/infrastructure?What does balancing current realities with future goals an...

This book offers a comprehensive guide to the world of metadata, from its origins in the ancient cities of the Middle East, to the Semantic Web of today.The author takes us on a journey through the centuries-old history of metadata up to the modern world of crowdsourcing and Google, showing how metadata works and what it is made of. The author explores how it has been used ideologically and how it can never be objective. He argues how central it is to human cultures and the way the...

"In what is certain to be a seminal work on metadata, John Horodyski masterfully affirms the value of metadata while providing practical examples of its role in our personal and professional lives. He does more than tell us that metadata matters—he vividly illustrates why it matters." —Patricia C. Franks, PhD, CA, CRM, IGP, CIGO, FAI, President, NAGARA, Professor Emerita, San José State University, USAIf data is the language upon which our modern society will be built, the...

This book offers a clear, factual look at the challenges authors may encounter when their work enters one of the largest online book‑cataloging platforms. Drawn entirely from publicly visible discussions in the Goodreads Librarians Group, it documents real cases of misattributed books, duplicate author profiles, merged works, stalled author claims, and other cataloging issues reported by authors themselves.It does not provide legal advice or guaranteed solutions. I...

When "metadata" became breaking news, appearing in stories about surveillance by the National Security Agency, many members of the public encountered this once-obscure term from information science for the first time. Should people be reassured that the NSA was "only" collecting metadata about phone calls -- information about the caller, the recipient, the time, the duration, the location -- and not recordings of the conversations themselves? Or does phone call metadata reveal more than it...

In the digital age, nothing is ever truly forgotten. It is simply waiting for the right key.Julia Vance is a Digital Estate Executor, a clinical "ghost hunter" whose job is to scrub the digital footprints of the dead so the living can move on. She deals in deleted histories and social media closures, never expecting to inherit a legacy of her own from a man she has never met.Julian Vance, a reclusive master of the digital world, has vanished, leaving Julia as his sole digit...

For book publishers large and small: the #1 guide to creating and distributing metadata for maximum sales by Renée Register & Thad McIlroy • 138 pages, illustrated with charts & graphs • Includes a comprehensive glossary of industry & technical terms • Includes annotated directories of vendors & industry organizations The Metadata Handbook shows how metadata works, introduces industry standards (incl...

The Future of Enriched, Linked, Open and Filtered Metadata is a comprehensive and accessible guide to creating accurate, consistent, complete, user-centred and quality metadata that supports the user tasks of finding, identifying, selecting, obtaining and exploring information resources. Based on the author’s many years of academic research and work as a cataloguing and metadata librarian, it shows readers how they can configure, create, enhance and enrich their metadata for print...

The use of traffic and location data in criminal justice is now a common prac-tice in the EU and beyond. Although metadata do not reveal the contents of communications, they allow to draw precise conclusions on the private lives of users, like their everyday habits, places of residence, daily movements and ac-tivities, social relationships, and frequented environments. For this reason, they are largely used by law enforcement to identify promising targets of investiga-tion or as evidence i...

Metadata Cashflow is a practical guide for self-published authors, indie publishers, and nonfiction entrepreneurs who want their books to work harder in search and storefronts. Xavier N. Grant shows how metadata shapes discoverability, perception, and sales long before a reader opens the first page. Instead of treating title, subtitle, description, categories, and keywords as upload chores, this book reframes them as a repeatable system for matching reader intent and improving conversion. ...