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 Mostly Metadata - A Bit Smarter Technology
Link to this resource Metadata has been commonly referred to as data about data. This definition unfortunately misses the key point about metadata: structure. Metadata is more appropriately defined as structured data about data. This structure is the crucial element that gives metadata the edge over full-text indexing. The benefit is that the structure alludes to the semantics of the metadata. Metadata will become more prevalent in future information systems and will be relied on to provide more than just descriptive functionality. Interoperability will be the major issues facing metadata communities. These include the areas of registration of schemas, extensibility and inheritance, and internationalisation.  | This paper provides useful background reading on the necessity for metadata schemas and the requirements for schema repositories. |  |
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