... , pp. 157-158). After describing why archival sources relating to the Holocaust tend to have an uncommonly complex history and reviewing related work on similar themes, this case study describes efforts within the EHRI project to link and integrate archival metadata that is available within EHRI’s...

... layers that are interconnected with other objects. Starting from the assumption that metadata are fundamental to individuate the authenticity and accuracy of a complex digital object, the research is based on the analysis of the most recent frameworks that propose a substantial use of metadata to perform...

...Gregory Rolan Purpose The purpose of this paper is to introduce an infrastructural approach to metadata modelling and a generalised meta-model for recordkeeping metadata. This meta-model is an attempt to support interoperability between disparate systems, and particularly, between sets...

.... Specific focus is given to the design and development of a new record-centric knowledge curation tool (KCT). Findings Effective functioning of KCT relies upon the input of well-structured, standards-based metadata used to describe collections, information resources and their context. The central claim...

... (Duranti and Preston, 2008; Duranti, 2005) and tracing their provenance. Findings – Digital records consist of user-generated data (content), system-generated metadata identifying source and location, application-generated metadata managing the look and performance of the record (e.g., native file...

... thinking, systems, processes and practices as people confront ever increasing information convergence, chaos and complexity. It discusses continuum thinking and recordkeeping metadata as two key building blocks of the approach, along with three facets of recordkeeping analysis involving the understanding...

...Kate Cumming In terms of content, in the book Miller uses three of the most commonly used metadata schemes in digital collection communities – Dublin Core, the XML based MODS (Metadata Object Description Schema) and VRA Core (Visual Resources Association Core) – as tools to explore a host...

...Nils Troselius; Anneli Sundqvist Purpose The purpose of the paper is to study the development and implementation of metadata schemes in Swedish governmental agencies, in order to gain a better understanding of recordkeeping practices in contemporary organisations and of the use of metadata...

.... Design/methodology/approach The study is based on two sources. The first source is metadata in records that were captured in the electronic records management system of the agency. It reflects actual behaviour of users when they interact with the system and classification of records. The second...