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Metadata: Concepts and Models

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Proceedings of the Third National Conference on the Management of Geoscience Information and Data, Adelaide, South Australia, Australian Mineral Foundation, (1995)

Abstract

Metadata -- data about data -- is a comparatively new word which describes a concept which has been around for a very long time in the form of catalogues and lists of publications. The advent of computers and the recognition of data and information as corporate assets, however, has produced in the past decade a new vocabulary of terms and concepts by which to describe data and information. Terms such as directory, catalogue, inventory, attribute and metadata itself are taking on new meanings as specialists endeavour to put some structure into this new activity. In addition, research in this area is advancing our understanding of metadata models and standards. This paper will present an overview of some of the work going on in this area.

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