Intrallect studies automatic metadata generation | 09/03/2009

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. More details are available on the project wiki.