Here’s A Great LISWiki piece on metadata.
“Since creating and using metadata is such an historical function of libraries and librarians it seems only natural that we should use it on our weblogs. After all the MARC standard, created in the late sixties and early seventies, is still a viable structure and the ISBDs, based on the Paris Principles even predate that. How many metadata structures can claim such a long and useful life? Libraries and metadata are linked. We understand the utility, construction and exchange of bibliographic records and the importance of standards in that process. We have created an alphabet soup of committees to oversee our standards and guide their development.“
Don’t look at me
David Bigwood of Catalogablog fame contributed this article.
If 1/100th of all librarians put forth a piece of their writing in their area of expertise like this, imagine the possibilities….
Librarians and statisticians
should have a confab about Metadata.
Statisticans at least I used to know are/were big on it as well.
Being able to correlate ideas across the spectrum of bibliogrpahic and statistical knowledge appeals to this user.