Rachel Heery

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Metadata registries - background

• Rachel Heery
• UKOLN
• r.heery_at_ukoln.ac.uk
• http//www.ukoln.ac.uk

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What is the problem.?

• Metadata is ubiquitous
• Metadata is essential
• Anyone can do it
• .the standards problem

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What is needed??

• Management
• what schemas?
• Is it current?
• What are rules?
• Economies of scale
• need to re-use
• Politics
• want to align

• Learn
• Teach

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All this in context of

• Tradition of authoritative versions
• On-going grind of conversions
• Recognition of value of re-use
• Commonality between communities

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Working towards

• Interoperability
• RDF
• Authority
• ISO 11179
• Business model
• Collaboration