Introducción a los metadatos: caminos a la información digital

Now available in Spanish, this book describes the increasing significance of the concept of metadata since the emergence of the World Wide Web as a major research tool across all fields of study. Metadata, which can be broadly defined as data about data, refers to the searchable definitions used to locate information. This book defines this little-understood concept, explains its importance and potential uses in the networked environment, and describes existing metadata standards in the field of cultural heritage information.