Automatic Metadata Generation - Use Cases
Intrallect was commissioned by JISC to carry out a study on Automatic Metadata Generation: Use Case Identification and Tools/Services Prioritisation.
This study began on 1 March 2009 and was completed on 31 July 2009.
Background
Metadata is important for the discovery and curation of resources. Creating high quality, consistent metadata can be time-consuming and expensive. Therefore automatic metadata generation offers considerable benefits. However, automatic metadata generation is not an end in itself. The benefits are realised only when the metadata is used. AMG-UC will harvest the knowledge from past and current work on automatic metadata generation to develop “use cases” focussing on the benefits gained from automatically generated metadata. These use cases will highlight the tools and services that can have the greatest impact for users and help to prioritise future planning within JISC.
Full details are available at the Project Wiki.
Reports
The synthesis report is an overview of the automatic metadata generation including around 30 use cases. The guidance report is for those who are implementing automatic metadata generation systems and provides information about the various tools available.
A number of specialist reports on different topics of metadata which can be automatically produced are listed below.
For further information please contact C.Duncan@intrallect.com