Everything we need to know about metadata, the usually invisible infrastructure for information with which we interact every day. When “metadata” became bre

This book offers a comprehensive guide to the world of metadata, from its origins in the ancient cities of the Middle East, to the Semantic Web of today. The au

An overview of metadata: what it is, its types and uses, and how it can help to make Web resources more accessible and comprehensible. Contains articles, a glos

"In what is certain to be a seminal work on metadata, John Horodyski masterfully affirms the value of metadata while providing practical examples of its role in

Introduces concepts for organizing data within a company to make it more accessible and meaningful. The author explains where databases went wrong in the 1990s,