Description

Do you catalog? Plan digital projects? And want to better understand the role of metadata and how it works? This introduction explores the fundamentals of metadata, including its purposes and functions, infrastructure components, and history in libraries and archives. Participants will learn how metadata is expressed in XML, the role of structured data and markup, and the principles of well-formed XML for expressing metadata in online environments.

This course is the first of four courses in the Metadata Principles and Practices micro-credential. Participants interested in the micro-credential should begin the micro-credential pathway with this course.

* This course is eligible for micro-credentialing (optional) - What is micro-credentialing?

1. Complete the following courses
   • Metadata Basics
   • Metadata Standards and Types
   • Metadata Quality, Customization, Exchange, and Transformation
   • Metadata Relationships
2. Complete extra requirements for micro-credentialing participants:
   • Extra homework per course
   • Extra capstone project (extra $70 fee) - information on the capstone project here

Learning Objectives

• Analyze the purpose and uses of metadata
• Understand the role of metadata standards
• Explain the importance of structured data
• List rules for well-formed XML

Contact Hours: 2

Location: Online (Technical Requirements)

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