Creating metadata

LRM test

Developing an application profile

<p>This subject examines the role that metadata plays in information retrieval across a range of information environments and search contexts. It focuses on the concepts and principles involved in describing information resources, and discusses how metadata element sets and value vocabularies should be designed, evaluated and applied to optimise intellectual access. Students also consider issues around metadata sharing, metadata quality and the future of metadata creation.</p>

<p>This subject is not available to students who have completed subjects INF116 or INF209 or INF425.</p>

School of Social Work and Arts

Division of Students

Centre of Islamic Studies and Civilisation

School of Rural Medicine

School of Allied Health, Exercise and Sport Sciences

Centre for Law & Justice

School of Information and Communication Studies

School of Dentistry and Medical Sciences

School of Education

School of Policing Studies

School of Nursing, Paramedicine and Healthcare Sciences

School of Computing, Mathematics and Engineering

Division of Learning and Teaching

Faculty of Business, Justice and Behavioural Sciences

Faculty of Science and Health

School of Agricultural, Environmental and Veterinary Sciences

Charles Sturt University Engineering

Centre for Customs and Excise Studies

School of Indigenous Australian Studies

Australian Graduate School of Policing Security

School of Psychology

Faculty of Arts and Education

Centre of Veterinary Sciences

Division of Student Success

School of Business

School of Theology

Centre of Rural Dentistry and Oral Health

Metadata for Resource Discovery

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INF554 - Metadata for Resource Discovery

be able to appraise the relationships between different users' needs, the description of information resources and the information retrieval systems that serve these needs;

be able to create accurate metadata for effective retrieval of information resources in online information environments;

be able to evaluate different issues in the application of metadata standards in different contexts.

be able to examine the central role of accurate description and analysis of information resources in successful information retrieval;

be able to apply selected metadata standards and schema to the creation of metadata for a wide range of information resources;

be able to develop metadata element sets through designing, evaluating and modifying metadata elements according to local needs; and

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