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	== Purpose of metadata ==		== Purpose of metadata ==

	[[File:Selection 039.jpg\|thumb\|Day's model of metadata purposes, taken from Haynes 2018.]]		[[File:Selection 039.jpg\|thumb\|none\|Day's model of metadata purposes, taken from Haynes 2018.]]

	[[File:Selection 038.jpg\|thumb\|Metadata purposes from Gilliland 2016, taken from Haynes 2018.]]		[[File:Selection 038.jpg\|thumb\|none\|Metadata purposes from Gilliland 2016, taken from Haynes 2018.]]

	== "Metadata supply chain" ==		== "Metadata supply chain" ==

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			[[File:Selection 039.jpg\|thumb\|Day's model of metadata purposes, taken from Haynes 2018.]]

			[[File:Selection 038.jpg\|thumb\|Metadata purposes from Gilliland 2016, taken from Haynes 2018.]]

	== "Metadata supply chain" ==		== "Metadata supply chain" ==

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	== Purpose of metadata ==		== Purpose of metadata ==

			== "Metadata supply chain" ==

	== Metadata repositories ==		== Metadata repositories ==

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Definition

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	* "Perhaps a more useful, ‘big picture’ way of thinking about metadata is as the sum total of what one can say about any information object at any level of aggregation. In this context, an information object is anything that can be addressed and manipulated as a discrete entity by a human being or an information system" (Gilliland, 2016) <ref> A.J. Gilliland In M. Baca, Introduction to Metadata, Getty Publishing, 2016 </ref>		* "Perhaps a more useful, ‘big picture’ way of thinking about metadata is as the sum total of what one can say about any information object at any level of aggregation. In this context, an information object is anything that can be addressed and manipulated as a discrete entity by a human being or an information system" (Gilliland, 2016) <ref> A.J. Gilliland In M. Baca, Introduction to Metadata, Getty Publishing, 2016 </ref>
	* "Metadata is a map. Metadata is a means by which the complexity of an object is represented in a simpler form. Metadata is a statement about a potentially informative object." (Pomerantz, 2015) <ref> Jeffrey Pomerantz, Metadata, MIT press, 2015 </ref>		* "Metadata is a map. Metadata is a means by which the complexity of an object is represented in a simpler form. Metadata is a statement about a potentially informative object." (Pomerantz, 2015) <ref> Jeffrey Pomerantz, Metadata, MIT press, 2015 </ref>
			* "Metadata in this context is the information that accompanies the various stages and outputs of research." (Gregg, 2020) <ref> Gregg, W. et al., A literature review of scholarly communications metadata. Research Ideas and Outcomes 5.</ref>
	* "Metadata is a love note to the future." (Jason Scott, 2011) <ref> http://ascii.textfiles.com/archives/3181 </ref>		* "Metadata is a love note to the future." (Jason Scott, 2011) <ref> http://ascii.textfiles.com/archives/3181 </ref>

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Definition

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	* "Perhaps a more useful, ‘big picture’ way of thinking about metadata is as the sum total of what one can say about any information object at any level of aggregation. In this context, an information object is anything that can be addressed and manipulated as a discrete entity by a human being or an information system" (Gilliland, 2016) <ref> A.J. Gilliland In M. Baca, Introduction to Metadata, Getty Publishing, 2016 </ref>		* "Perhaps a more useful, ‘big picture’ way of thinking about metadata is as the sum total of what one can say about any information object at any level of aggregation. In this context, an information object is anything that can be addressed and manipulated as a discrete entity by a human being or an information system" (Gilliland, 2016) <ref> A.J. Gilliland In M. Baca, Introduction to Metadata, Getty Publishing, 2016 </ref>
	* "Metadata is a map. Metadata is a means by which the complexity of an object is represented in a simpler form. Metadata is a statement about a potentially informative object." (Pomerantz, 2015) <ref> Jeffrey Pomerantz, Metadata, MIT press, 2015 </ref>		* "Metadata is a map. Metadata is a means by which the complexity of an object is represented in a simpler form. Metadata is a statement about a potentially informative object." (Pomerantz, 2015) <ref> Jeffrey Pomerantz, Metadata, MIT press, 2015 </ref>
	* "Metadata is a love note to the future." (Jason Scott) <ref> http://ascii.textfiles.com/archives/3181 </ref>		* "Metadata is a love note to the future." (Jason Scott, 2011) <ref> http://ascii.textfiles.com/archives/3181 </ref>

	== Purpose of metadata ==		== Purpose of metadata ==

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Definition

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	* "Perhaps a more useful, ‘big picture’ way of thinking about metadata is as the sum total of what one can say about any information object at any level of aggregation. In this context, an information object is anything that can be addressed and manipulated as a discrete entity by a human being or an information system" (Gilliland, 2016) <ref> A.J. Gilliland In M. Baca, Introduction to Metadata, Getty Publishing, 2016 </ref>		* "Perhaps a more useful, ‘big picture’ way of thinking about metadata is as the sum total of what one can say about any information object at any level of aggregation. In this context, an information object is anything that can be addressed and manipulated as a discrete entity by a human being or an information system" (Gilliland, 2016) <ref> A.J. Gilliland In M. Baca, Introduction to Metadata, Getty Publishing, 2016 </ref>
	* "Metadata is a map. Metadata is a means by which the complexity of an object is represented in a simpler form. Metadata is a statement about a potentially informative object." (Pomerantz, 2015) <ref> Jeffrey Pomerantz, Metadata, MIT press, 2015 </ref>		* "Metadata is a map. Metadata is a means by which the complexity of an object is represented in a simpler form. Metadata is a statement about a potentially informative object." (Pomerantz, 2015) <ref> Jeffrey Pomerantz, Metadata, MIT press, 2015 </ref>
	* "Metadata is a love note to the future." (Jason Scott)		* "Metadata is a love note to the future." (Jason Scott) <ref> http://ascii.textfiles.com/archives/3181 </ref>

	== Purpose of metadata ==		== Purpose of metadata ==

Valerias: /* Definition */

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Definition

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	* "Structured information that describes, explains, locates, or otherwise makes it easier to retrieve, use, or manage an information resource." (NISO, 2004)<ref> NISO (2004) https://www.niso.org/publications/understanding-metadata-2017 </ref>		* "Structured information that describes, explains, locates, or otherwise makes it easier to retrieve, use, or manage an information resource." (NISO, 2004)<ref> NISO (2004) https://www.niso.org/publications/understanding-metadata-2017 </ref>
	* "Digital object as an instance of an abstract data type that has two components, data and key-metadata. The key-metadata includes a handle, i.e. an identifier globally unique to the digital object." (Kahn and Wilensky, 1995)<ref> Kahn and Wilensky (1995) http://www.cnri.reston.va.us/k-w.html</ref>		* "Digital object as an instance of an abstract data type that has two components, data and key-metadata. The key-metadata includes a handle, i.e. an identifier globally unique to the digital object." (Kahn and Wilensky, 1995)<ref> Kahn and Wilensky (1995) http://www.cnri.reston.va.us/k-w.html</ref>
	* "Metadata can be defined as a structured description of the essential attributes of an information object." (Baca)		* "Metadata can be defined as a structured description of the essential attributes of an information object." (Hill, 2016) <ref> Tony Hill In M. Baca, Introduction to Metadata, Getty Publishing, 2016 </ref>
	* "Metadata are structure, encoded data that describe the characteristics of information-bearing entities to aid in the identification, discovery, assessment and management of the described entities." (Smiraglia, 2005)		* "Metadata are structure, encoded data that describe the characteristics of information-bearing entities to aid in the identification, discovery, assessment and management of the described entities." (Smiraglia, 2005) <ref> Richard P. Smiraglia, Metadata: A A Cataloger's Primer, Psychology Press, 2005</ref>
	* "Perhaps a more useful, ‘big picture’ way of thinking about metadata is as the sum total of what one can say about any information object at any level of aggregation. In this context, an information object is anything that can be addressed and manipulated as a discrete entity by a human being or an information system" (Gilliland, 2016)		* "Perhaps a more useful, ‘big picture’ way of thinking about metadata is as the sum total of what one can say about any information object at any level of aggregation. In this context, an information object is anything that can be addressed and manipulated as a discrete entity by a human being or an information system" (Gilliland, 2016) <ref> A.J. Gilliland In M. Baca, Introduction to Metadata, Getty Publishing, 2016 </ref>
			* "Metadata is a map. Metadata is a means by which the complexity of an object is represented in a simpler form. Metadata is a statement about a potentially informative object." (Pomerantz, 2015) <ref> Jeffrey Pomerantz, Metadata, MIT press, 2015 </ref>
	* "Metadata is a love note to the future." (Jason Scott)		* "Metadata is a love note to the future." (Jason Scott)
	* "Metadata is a map. Metadata is a means by which the complexity of an object is represented in a simpler form. Metadata is a statement about a potentially informative object." (Pomerantz)

	== Purpose of metadata ==		== Purpose of metadata ==

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	== Definition ==		== Definition ==
	There is no agreed upon definition of metadata. Here are a few established definitions:		There is no agreed upon definition of metadata. Here are a few established definitions:
	* "Structured data about an object that supports functions associated with the designated object" (Greenberg, 2003)		* "Structured data about an object that supports functions associated with the designated object" (Greenberg, 2003)<ref> Greenberg, J. (2003), “Metadata and the World-Wide-Web”, Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science, pp. 1876–88 </ref>
	<ref> Greenberg, J. (2003), “Metadata and the World-Wide-Web”, Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science, pp. 1876–88 </ref>		* "Structured information that describes, explains, locates, or otherwise makes it easier to retrieve, use, or manage an information resource." (NISO, 2004)<ref> NISO (2004) https://www.niso.org/publications/understanding-metadata-2017 </ref>
	* "Structured information that describes, explains, locates, or otherwise makes it easier to retrieve, use, or manage an information resource." (NISO, 2004)		* "Digital object as an instance of an abstract data type that has two components, data and key-metadata. The key-metadata includes a handle, i.e. an identifier globally unique to the digital object." (Kahn and Wilensky, 1995)<ref> Kahn and Wilensky (1995) http://www.cnri.reston.va.us/k-w.html</ref>
	* "Digital object as an instance of an abstract data type that has two components, data and key-metadata. The key-metadata includes a handle, i.e. an identifier globally unique to the digital object." (Kahn and Wilensky, 1995)
	* "Metadata can be defined as a structured description of the essential attributes of an information object." (Baca)		* "Metadata can be defined as a structured description of the essential attributes of an information object." (Baca)
	* "Metadata are structure, encoded data that describe the characteristics of information-bearing entities to aid in the identification, discovery, assessment and management of the described entities." (Smiraglia, 2005)		* "Metadata are structure, encoded data that describe the characteristics of information-bearing entities to aid in the identification, discovery, assessment and management of the described entities." (Smiraglia, 2005)
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	== References ==		== References ==
	<references />		<references />
	~~Greenberg, J. (2003), “Metadata and the World-Wide-Web”, Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science, pp. 1876–88~~

	~~NISO (2004) https://www.niso.org/publications/understanding-metadata-2017~~

	~~Kahn and Wilensky (1995) http://www.cnri.reston.va.us/k-w.html~~

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	There is no agreed upon definition of metadata. Here are a few established definitions:		There is no agreed upon definition of metadata. Here are a few established definitions:
	* "Structured data about an object that supports functions associated with the designated object" (Greenberg, 2003)		* "Structured data about an object that supports functions associated with the designated object" (Greenberg, 2003)
			<ref> Greenberg, J. (2003), “Metadata and the World-Wide-Web”, Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science, pp. 1876–88 </ref>
	* "Structured information that describes, explains, locates, or otherwise makes it easier to retrieve, use, or manage an information resource." (NISO, 2004)		* "Structured information that describes, explains, locates, or otherwise makes it easier to retrieve, use, or manage an information resource." (NISO, 2004)
	* "Digital object as an instance of an abstract data type that has two components, data and key-metadata. The key-metadata includes a handle, i.e. an identifier globally unique to the digital object." (Kahn and Wilensky, 1995)		* "Digital object as an instance of an abstract data type that has two components, data and key-metadata. The key-metadata includes a handle, i.e. an identifier globally unique to the digital object." (Kahn and Wilensky, 1995)
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	== References ==		== References ==
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	Greenberg, J. (2003), “Metadata and the World-Wide-Web”, Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science, pp. 1876–88		Greenberg, J. (2003), “Metadata and the World-Wide-Web”, Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science, pp. 1876–88

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	== Metadata repositories ==		== Metadata repositories ==

			== References ==

			Greenberg, J. (2003), “Metadata and the World-Wide-Web”, Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science, pp. 1876–88

			NISO (2004) https://www.niso.org/publications/understanding-metadata-2017

			Kahn and Wilensky (1995) http://www.cnri.reston.va.us/k-w.html