Metadata and understanding.

KMWorld;  October 1, 2006 ;     688 words ......so long as that more information is metadata. We didn't drown in information the way...But when some of that information is metadata, the information isn't transparent and...well, make up your own metaphor. With metadata, we can find what we need in the oceans...

Coming to grips with metadata.(Metadata for Information Management and...

Information Today;  November 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ...Metadata for Information Management and Retrieval by David Haynes London: Facet Publishing, 2004 ISBN: 1-85604-489-0 186 pages $95 hardcover Librarians have been talking about metadata for a long time. Webopedia describes metadata as data about data ... how and when and by whom a particular set of data was ...

Don't expose your metadata -- it might be embarrassing

Winnipeg Free Press;  December 6, 2006 ;     591 words ...On the cutting edge / Brian T. D. Bowman I can see your metadata. Well, maybe I can't see your metadata, but there is a good chance that your competitors and clients can see your metadata. Readers of this column will know that I often write about...

METADATA - Cataloging by any other name.

Online;  January 1, 1999 ;     700+ words ......piece, also by Jessica and Susan, entitled Metadata Projects and Standards, for an overview of...site (http://www.onlineinc.com / onlinemag / metadata) and the extensive list of metadata project and resource links contained in the...

Beware metadata

ELT;  March 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ......contain hidden information known as "metadata." Every time a lessor e-mails a document...information embedded in that document as metadata that he may want to keep confidential. This article describes metadata and its risks and suggests some ways...

Attorneys may review metadata, ABA says

THE JOURNAL RECORD;  November 10, 2006 ;     572 words ...Lawyers may use information in hidden "metadata" in electronic documents they receive...issued by the American Bar Association. Metadata is, simply put, data about data. In the computer world, metadata is information hidden within a document...

Metadata: what's in a name; the industry strives for standardization, but...

Broadcasting & Cable;  November 25, 2002 ;     700+ words ......management (DAM) is only as good as its metadata, the information associated with a digital...it and explains what is in the asset. Metadata must be organized with a standard vocabulary...what you're looking for. After all, a metadata tag on the clip is subjective. One person...

Application Server offers an embedded data historian.(Exhibitor Preview)

Pharmaceutical Processing;  February 1, 2006 ;     66 words ...The ProLinx 7000 Application Server (AppSrvCE) delivers communication protocols and an embedded data historian. The AppSrvCE is fully customizable and programmable supporting all five IEC-61131-3 programming languages, plus 'C...

Attorneys may review 'metadata,' ABA says

St. Louis Daily Record / St. Louis Countian;  November 11, 2006 ;     700+ words ...Lawyers may use information in hidden "metadata" in electronic documents they receive...issued by the American Bar Association. Metadata is, simply put, data about data. In the computer world, metadata is information hidden within a document...

Manifestations of metadata: from Alexandria to the Web--old is new...

The Australian Library Journal;  May 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ...This paper is a discussion of the use of metadata, in its various manifestations, to access...paramount in fulfilling information seeking. Metadata is interpreted and reflected upon in...ideas is a fundamental human activity. Metadata is not new! It was used in earliest times...

Sleepycat Names David Segleau VP of Engineering; Industry Veteran to...

PR Newswire;  November 25, 2002 ;     466 words ......Berkeley DB -- the most widely deployed embedded data management software in the world...enterprise and carrier-class reliability for embedded data management solutions, said Michael...performance, reliable and scalable embedded data management solutions. About Sleepycat...

Application Server features an embedded data historian.(Process Control)

Pharmaceutical Processing;  September 1, 2006 ;     136 words ...The ProLinx 7000 Application Server (AppSrvCE) delivers communication protocols and an embedded data historian in one package. The AppSrvCE is fully customizable and programmable (including 'C' programming), supporting multiple...

Getting to know vod metadata 2.0.(video-on-demand)

Multichannel News;  November 27, 2006 ;     565 words ......you've undoubtedly bumped into the 'metadata' term a few times. It's not new. In a video sense, metadata is the information applied to a title...just after Thanksgiving, 2006 - the metadata used by cable operators in their VOD...

Why even corporate execs need to know something about metadata.(Data About...

MSI;  October 1, 2004 ;     293 words ...Metadata sounds like something that would be of interest strictly to people who spend most of their lives locked...oriented architectures (SOA), more people--including corporate execs--need to have some idea of what metadata means. In narrow terms, metadata is information about the data that resides in a ...

Metadata. (Info Tech).

Teacher Librarian;  December 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ...The term metadata crops up in discussions about the future of the World Wide Web...resource quality of the Internet, and Web site design. What is metadata? Metadata is data about data. (Thanks, Anne. Thanks very much. That really...