Metadata for the Wikis, June 7, 2006 (30 minutes)

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    Introduce Instructors

    eXtension: Metadata System

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    Metadata: What is it?

    • information about information or data about data
    • data that describes resources that our community of practice are putting into the eXtension wiki that will eventually public

    Metadata Example

    • library catalog, information (author title, publisher) about books in the library

    Metadata Backround

    • before eXtension there was a committee that designed the Dublin Core-eXtension MES metadata element

    To Be Continued...