24 Aug 2004
CS 5244: Indexing / Classification
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What is metadata, anyways?
¡Data about data
lFrom the DB community
¡“Cataloging or indexing information that [information professions] create to arrange, describe, and otherwise enhance access to an information object”
l-- Gilliland-Swetland (1998)
¡“Data that describes attributes of a resource, characterize its relationships, support its discover and effective use and exist in an electronic environment”
l-- Vellucci (1998)