DH 180 // day six

Mackenzie Brooks

January 25, 2018

<3 METADATA <3

Data about data

metadata for scholars

http://prosody.lib.virginia.edu/ http://huondauvergne.org/

Metadata Map

http://jennriley.com/metadatamap/seeingstandards.pdf

metadata for everyone

Also, if I were to tag something with a pony image, should the tag be “my little pony friendship is magic”, “my little pony: friendship is magic” (with a colon,) or “my little pony” and “friendship is magic” as two separate tags?

source

Knowledge Based Trust

Lab 4

Metadata tips

  • Be consistent
  • Be thoughtful
  • Ask yourself, what am I describing? Object vs. representation
  • Use existing standards