Metadata - General

See also the resources page mentioned in the Web pages for LIS 415.

Overviews & resources

Cataloging, Identifiers, Linking, and Metadata: Section 6.1 of Charles Bailey's Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography
Introduction to Metadata: Now in Version 2.1. Companion site for the book of the same name, with articles, glossaries, crosswalks, and many other resources.
NISO workshops: Metadata Practices on the Cutting Edge, 2004. has PowerPoint files all online. Metadata in a Digital Age, 2008, will probably do the same.
UKOLN Metadata: Describes the activities of the UKOLN Metadata Group, and provides links to other resources. Includes a terrific collection of Presentations, including many tutorials.

The Cover Pages: Robin Cover's informative and very rich directory - cited by everyone.
Extensible Markup Language (XML): The W3C XML home page, which includes the Extensible Markup Language Activity Statement
Resource Description Framework (RDF): The W3C RDF home page. There's also an RDF primer.
SGML: A resource page maintained at the Berkeley Digital Library SunSITE.
W3C Semantic Web Activity: Links to W3C activities, standards, and works-in-progress.
The XML FAQ: By Peter Flynn. Extensive and understandable.
XML.com: From O'Reilly - a good resource for articles, tutorials, news, products and services, FAQs, and other materials.
XML4Lib: Like Web4Lib, from the Berkleley Sunsite.