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O'Neill, Edward T.; Lavoie, Brian F.; McClain, Patrick D. – Journal of Library Administration, 2001
Describes the Web Characterization Project that characterizes the use of metadata in Web documents by extracting a valid sample. Discusses Web resource discovery and description; sampling methods; metadata and embedded document description; HTML; Dublin Core metadata elements; and home pages versus internal Web pages. (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Measurement Techniques, Metadata, Sampling, World Wide Web

Suleman, Hussein; Fox, Edward – Journal of Library Administration, 2001
Explains the Open Archives Initiative (OAI) which was developed to solve problems of digital library interoperability on the World Wide Web. Topics include metadata; HTTP; XML; Dublin Core; the OAI Metadata Harvesting Protocol; data providers; service providers; reference linking; library policies; shared semantics; and name authority systems.…
Descriptors: Electronic Libraries, Library Policy, Metadata, Semantics