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Revision as of 21:21, 23 March 2016
This entry is a collection of resources for SCEC researchers defining metadata for their scientific data.
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Type of Metadata
There are three main types of metadata:
- Structural: Defines the metadata elements that need to be collected; labels like title, author, date created, subject, purpose, etc. Defining these structural elements is typically based on a mix of organizational and system needs, along with standard schemas like Dublin Core.
- Administrative: Often created automatically when content is entered into the CMS, these values are used to manage the content. Administrative metadata includes things like date created or author. They can sometimes include sub-elements about rights-management or preservation.
- Descriptive: These values describe aspects specific to each content component, like title, subject, audience, and/or purpose.
SCEC Metadata Attribute Conventions
SCEC conventions for metadata in ASCII file.,to support parsing of files
- Metadata attributes are stored as attribute_name: attribute_value pairs departed by a colon
- Attribute names have no spaces
- Attribute_names are included in an attribute name list.
- Attribute_name.units is a way to preserve additional information about an attribute.
Peak_Acceleration: 10 Peak_Acceleration.units: cm/sec
Structural Metadata Examples
This metadata should answer the question "What constitutes a piece of content?"
Title: Ashendon Description: Book Tags:
Administrative Metadata
This metadata should answer questions about the creation and status of the content
Appears_in: Created_by: Taken_on: Taken_with:
Descriptive Metadata
This metadata answers the question" This is this content about?"
Title: Description: Tags:
