riley understanding metadata: looking forward
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UnderstandingMetadata:LookingForward
JennRiley(@jenlrile)AssociateDean,DigitalInitiativesMcGillUniversityLibraryandArchives
§ Metadataineverydaylife
§ Howit’susedinculturalheritageorganizations
§ Typesofmetadata(descriptive,technical,structural,etc)
§ Storingandsharingmetadata(databases,XML,RDF)
§ Standardization
§ MetadatalanguagesusedontheWeb
§ Metadatalanguagesusedintheculturalheritagesector
§ Generatingmetadata
What’scovered
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UnderstandingMetadata talksaboutasea-change
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"Fullfathomfivethyfatherlies,
Ofhisbonesarecoralmade,
Thosearepearlsthatwerehiseyes,
Nothingofhimthatdothfade,
Butdothsufferasea-change,
intosomethingrich andstrange,
Sea-nymphshourlyringhisknell,
Ding-dong.
Hark!nowIhearthem,ding-dong,bell.”
--Shakespeare,TheTempest
FueledbyLinkedDatatechnologies
https://www.w3.org/2005/Incubator/lld/XGR-lld-vocabdataset-20111025/
Sowhat’sdifferent?
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1.It’snot“our”dataand“their”data– it’sonebiggraph.
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It’sabouttheconnections
https://linkedjazz.org/network/
2.Thescaleisgrowing.AtWebpace.
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http://hangingtogether.org/?p=4167; September2014
3.Thereisnochoicebuttorelyonmoreintelligenceinthesystem.
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Weneedtomakeuseoftheexpertworkbeingdone
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Image:http://researchhubs.com/
4.Theinformationagehasprovidedanewdefinitionof“authority.”
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https://inspiringnsw.org.au/2017/05/30/citizen-science-funding-boost-3/
5.Someoneelseisgoingtodoit.Forfree.Andverypossiblyevenbetter.
LOTSbetter.
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6.Openisanexpectation.
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PhotobySorayaS.,https://flic.kr/p/78gW9T
§ Rethinkworkflows§ Focusonthewhatratherthanthehow
§ Rethinkbusinessmodels§ Commodification hasevolved:Systems→Information→Intelligence§ Seekordersofmagnitudegrowthinintegrations,notindividual deals
§ Lookfordatawecanusefromelsewhere
§ Publishourdatasootherscanuseit
§ Followstandards,butdon’tbeparalyzedbythem
Whatdoesthismeanforus?
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§ @jenlrile
§ Thesepresentationslides:http://www.jennriley.com/presentations/alaannual2017/nisoForum.pptx
§ UnderstandingMetadata:http://www.niso.org/publications/press/understanding_metadata
Thankyou!
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