Issues - interoperability (2)
• Metadata registries?
– Provide support for the ingest process
– May also provide support for the access
function
• The export of objects to users
• The exchange of objects with other repositories;
conversion to exchange standards
– Linking metadata (where there are multiple
instances)
– Manage schema evolution
– Possible relationship with format registries, e.g.,
existing DLF initiative
Beginners Guide to Metadata, Glasgow, 19 May 2004