IMC452
Types of Metadata
Week 3
TYPES of METADATA
1. ADMINISTRATIVE
• Administrative metadata contains information about the
management and administration of the data.
• This may include details such as file format, file size,
creation date, version history, access permissions,
ownership, and other administrative attributes necessary
for managing and maintaining the data.
• Metadata used in managing and administering
information resources
TYPES of METADATA
• Examples:
• Acquisition information
• Rights and reproduction tracking
• Documentation of legal access
• Location information
• Selection criteria for digitization
• Version control
TYPES of METADATA
2. DESCRIPTIVE
• Metadata used to describe or identify information
resources- manual metadata created by people.
• Descriptive metadata provides information about the
content of the data.
• It typically includes details such as title, author,
abstract, keywords, subject classifications, and other
descriptive attributes that help users understand what
the data is about.
• Examples:
• Catalog records
• Finding aids specialized indexes
• Hyperlink resources between resources
• Annotation by users
TYPES of METADATA
• PRESERVATION
• Metadata related to the preservation management of
information resources.
• Preservation metadata includes information necessary for
the long-term preservation and maintenance of the data.
• It may include details about data provenance, authenticity,
versioning, migration history, rights management, and
other preservation-related attributes that ensure the
integrity and usability of the data over time.
TYPES of METADATA
• Examples:
• Documentation of physical condition of resources
• Documentation of actions taken to preserve physical
versions of resources e.g. data refreshing and
migration
TYPES of METADATA
• TECHNICAL
• Metadata related to how a system functions or
metadata behaves
• Technical metadata provides information about the
technical aspects of the data, such as its format,
encoding, resolution, compression, sampling rate,
data schema, data dictionary, and other technical
specifications that govern how the data is stored,
processed, and accessed.
TYPES of METADATA
• TECHNICAL
• File format and compression scheme.
• Examples:
• Hardware and software documentation
• Digitization of information e.g. formats, compression
ratios, scaling routines
• Tracking of system response times
• Authentication and security data e.g. encryption keys,
passwords
TYPES of METADATA
• USE
• Metadata related to the level and type of user
information resources
• Usage metadata tracks how the data is accessed,
used, and manipulated over time.
• It may include details such as access logs, usage
statistics, user interactions, queries, annotations, and
other usage-related information that provides insights
into how the data is being utilized by users.
TYPES of METADATA
• USE
• Examples:
• Exhibition records
• Use and user tracking
• Content re-use and multi-versioning information
ATTRIBUTES and CHARACTERISTICS
• Source of Metadata
• Internal metadata – generated by creating
agent for an information object at the time
when it is first created or digitized
• Examples:
• File names and header information
• Directory structures
• File format and compression scheme
ATTRIBUTES and CHARACTERISTICS
• Source of Metadata
• External metadata - relating to an information
object that is created later, often by someone
other than the original creator, e.g.:
• Registering and cataloging records
• Rights and other legal information
METHODS of METADATA CREATED
• Automatic metadata generated by a
computer
• Keyword indexes
• User transaction logs
• Manual metadata created by people
• Descriptive surrogates such as catalog
records and DUBLIN CORE Metadata
• Nature of Metadata
• Lay (Nonprofesional) metadata created by
persons who are neither subject nor
information specialists, often the original
creator of the information object
• Meta-tags created for a personal web
page
• Personal filing systems
• Structure
• Structured metadata that conforms to a
predictable standardized structure
• MARC
• Local database format
• Unstructured metadata that does not
conform to any standardized vocabulary or
authority form
• Unstructured note fields and annotations
• Semantics
• Controlled metadata that conforms to a
standardized vocabulary or authority form
• AACR2
• Uncontrolled metadata that does not conform to
any standardized vocabulary or authority form
• Free text notes
• HTML meta-tags
• Level
• Collection metadata relating to collections of
information objects
• Collection- level record in MARC record or finding aids
• Expert metadata created by either subject or
information specialists, often not the original creator
of the information object
• Specialized subject headings
• MARC records
• Archival finding aids
METADATA
STATUS
1. Static metadata that never change once it has
been created
• Title, provenance and date of creation of an
information resources
2. Dynamic metadata that may change with the
use or manipulation of an information object
• Directory structure
• User transaction logs
STATUS
3. Long- term metadata necessary to ensure that
the information object continues to be
accessible and usable
Technical format and processing information
Rights information
4. Short- term metadata mainly of a transactional
nature
• Preservation management of information
METADATA
• Item metadata relating to individual information
object often contained within collections
• Transcribed images captions and dates
• Format information
• Simple listing of basic information about
available data
• Detailed documentation about individual data
set or a record
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