Metadata is the key to any content item and more so to a digital content item

Metadata = Flexibility = Control

The difference is not the metadata ...... but how you use the metadata

Types of Metadata

• Descriptive: Title, author, summary, topic, etc.
• Technical & Structural
• Administrative.
• Rights
• Management

Standard metadata definitions

• MARC, MODS: Specialized for Libraries
• Dublin Core: OAIS, Libraries, Archives, Museums
• ONIX: Online Book Stores
• TEI, EAD: Manuscripts, humanities, research
• METS, MIX