NISO Primer: Understanding Metadata

A primer introduction to metadata from NISO (July 24, 2004)

A 20-page publication (pdf, 160kb) from the National Information Standards Organization (NISO) covers a range of fundamentals, from a definition of metadata and descriptions of the types of metadata, to practical advice on creating metadata and future directions. Good resources and online links listed at the end of the publication. General glossary included.

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Posted November 27th, 2007 by ngalbraith