Presented by: Bill Walker

Do you catalog? Do you plan digital projects? Do you wish to better understand the role of metadata and how it works? This 2-hour online workshop will cover the basics of metadata. Topics include: defining metadata; outlining the purposes and functions of metadata; list the components of a metadata infrastructure and keys to successfully launching a new metadata standard; understand how well formed XML provides a framework for expressing metadata in an online environment. This class is part of a four-part series entitled Metadata Principles & Practices.

Learning Objectives

• Define Metadata
• Analyze purpose and uses of metadata
• Outline a short history of metadata
• Outline components and needs of a successful metadata standard
• XML
• Identify three types of markup o Why markup? o List rules for well-formed XML