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A User-Centred Approach to Metadata Design

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Research and Advanced Technology for Digital Libraries (ECDL 2007)

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The process of development of metadata elements and structures can be approached and supported in a number of different ways. We sketch a user-centred approach to this process, based around an iterative development methodology, and briefly outline some major questions, challenges and benefits related to this approach.

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  1. UKOLN, University of Bath, BA27AY, UK

    Emma Tonkin

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László Kovács Norbert Fuhr Carlo Meghini

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Tonkin, E. (2007). A User-Centred Approach to Metadata Design. In: Kovács, L., Fuhr, N., Meghini, C. (eds) Research and Advanced Technology for Digital Libraries. ECDL 2007. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 4675. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-74851-9_67

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