Materials for a Metadata Seminar This page provides access to materials for use in a Metadata workshop and a timetable which illustrates how the resources could be used.
Please note that notes for the seminar coordinator are being prepared.
Also note that you should read the notes accompaying each document.
The materials provided here were developed by Brian Kelly and Andy Powell of UKOLN for a half-day session on Metadata given at the Institutional Web Management workshop held at Newcastle University on 16 September 1998.
The following sets of slides are used for presentations during the workshop.
The following handouts are used for hands-on exercises during the workshop.
The following handouts enable participants to try out a variety of services which make use of Dublin Core metadata.
The following handouts enable participants to try out a variety of tools which can be used to create Dublin Core metadata.
The following handouts enable participants to find out more about various aspects of metadata and the Web.
The following handouts provide a series of paper-based exercises which provide an opportunity for participants to discuss various aspects of metadata.
Workshop Aims: The aims of the workshop are:
The workshop includes a number of brief presentations, discussions and demonstrations.
In the first part of the workshop the needs for metadata will be identified by group sessions and with brief case studies. The second part of the session concludes with group work looking at the vocabularies needed. Then solutions are described, including metadata standards, metadata applications and tools for managing metadata.
An example for a timetable for use of the materials is given below.
| Time | Session | Comments |
| 1.30-1.40 | Introduction | Discussion of aims of session |
| 1.40-2.00 | Getting to know each other | Participants spilt into smaller groups and introduce each other and explain what they want from session |
| 2.00-2.10 | Report back | Report back from groups and identification of common threads |
| The Problem | ||
| 2.10-2.20 | Case Study 1 - Resource Discovery | Example of current problems with resource discovery |
| 2.20-2.30 | Case Study 2 - Resource Management | Example of current problems with managing resources |
| Solutions | ||
| 2.30-3.15 | Group work | Several complementary tasks:
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| 3.15-3.30 | Report Back | |
| 3.30-3.45 | Tea | |
| 3.45-4.00 | Metadata Standards | A summary of metadata standards developments, including Dublin Core, Admin metadata, IMS metadata, RDF, etc. |
| 4.00-4.45 | Hands-on Session (or Demonstration) | Hands-on session (or demonstration, depending on PC cluster availability) of Metadata Applications (e.g. Nordic Index, Virtual Shoe Museum, Asutalian examples) and Metadata Tools (DC-Dot, Reggie, shareware tools, MS Office tools, etc.) |
| 4.45-5.15 | Metadata Tools and Models for My Website | Group Discussion |
| 5.00-5.30 | "Where To From Here?" | Group Discussion |