Nine Questions to Guide You in Choosing a Metadata Schema

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Abstract

This article is a guide for collection developers at the point of considering a metadata schema for their digital collection. The nine questions asked in this article will assist a developer in clarifying how he wants the collection to be organized, described, and used. This article uses examples to illustrate how these questions guided the development of a digital collection built at the University of Southern California.
Original languageAmerican English
JournalThe Journal of Digital Information
Volume9
Issue number1
StatePublished - Jan 2008
Externally publishedYes

Disciplines

  • Library and Information Science

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