An Emergent Theory of Digital Library Metadata: Enrich then FilterAn Emergent Theory of Digital Library Metadata is a reaction to the current digital library landscape that is being challenged with growing online collections and changing user expectations. The theory provides the conceptual underpinnings for a new approach which moves away from expert defined standardised metadata to a user driven approach with users as metadata co-creators. Moving away from definitive, authoritative, metadata to a system that reflects the diversity of users’ terminologies, it changes the current focus on metadata simplicity and efficiency to one of metadata enriching, which is a continuous and evolving process of data linking. From predefined description to information conceptualised, contextualised and filtered at the point of delivery. By presenting this shift, this book provides a coherent structure in which future technological developments can be considered.
describes the value of Metadata when continuously enriched by experts and usersoffers Metadata enriching results from ubiquitous linking provides reasons for Metadata as a resource that should be linked openlydiscusses the power of enriched Metadata when unlocked and filtered for users individually ISBN: 9780081003855, 0081003854
