1. Basic Metadata Workshop Claire Hill Project Coordinator, AVEL An introduction to metadata and its application

2. What is metadata? … structured data which describes the characteristics of a resource Chris Taylor, 1999

3. Organise information Improve access to information Allow users to tell whether it will be of use to them Why use it?

4. Metadata deployment 1. Embedding in HTML code of a website

5. Metadata deployment 2. Separate HTML document linking to a resource

7. Metadata deployment 3. Database record linked to a resource

10. Dublin Core Content/About the Resource Title, Subject, Description, Source, Language, Relation, Coverage Intellectual Property Creator, Publisher, Contributor, Rights Electronic/Physical manifestation Date, Type, Format, Identifier

11. Developing a schema Metadata schema - overall plan of how resources will be managed Consider potential services

12. Search & Browse Record Creation & Editing Record Creation & Editing Interface ThesaurusDocumentation Metadata Schema Jobs & Employment Link checking Repository Mirror Newsletter Services Links to other gateways Conference Announcements Latest Resources Added AVEL Gateway Model

13. AVEL metadata tools HotMeta - DSTC Basic package template for record creation repository search engine

14. Support tools Thesaurus Resource Selection Criteria Metadata Manual Target Audience

15. AVEL Team UQ Core Team QUT Brisbane Sydney Melbourne Canberra Melb U Monash Nat Lib IEAust UNSW DSTC

17. Record creation AVEL records created from scratch (harvesting a future possibility) Each website sent standard email advising inclusion

18. Issues quality control and standardisation interoperability sustainability

19. References An Introduction to Metadata http://www.library.uq.edu.au/iad/ctmeta4.html Meta Matters http://www.nla.gov.au/meta/ Metadata for the masses http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue5/metadata-masses/