As I read the Gilliland article as
posted for the week 3 readings; the words look very familiar… it hits me; I’ve
read this for the 2005 class. It is quite interesting to see the various forms
of metadata can be in; it’s like stumbling across a market for the spices. The
technical aspects of metadata are hard to get my brain to wrap around. The article raises a point about usefulness
of the metadata; “Good descriptive metadata is essential to users' ability to
find and retrieve relevant metadata and information objects.” This might be the
problem for the users who attempts to find something using library’s catalog.
Good metadata would leave users satisfied with their findings, bad metadata
leaves dissatisfied user/patron. In order to understand the technology, it is
needed to know the mechanics behind it… at least the basic mechanics. Not
understanding the role of the metadata is akin to driving a car and not knowing
all the working parts. Dublin Core offers a picture as how it works with their
program code. The idea behind the Dublin Core presents momentous challenge due
to programming- the codes in different languages, working with large group of
people on same goal. To develop codes for specific vocabulary is a dull affair,
if one makes a mistake, one have to go through the coding to find it. As for
using reference websites like Endnotes, it is really a choice for individual to
use either ones. I once tried Refwork, it didn’t really work due to my
preference doing sources on my own. This is good for long term research with
multiple sources.
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