Reports on a project to: first, provide an empirical analysis of
textual information on the Internet; second, to test the suitability of
cataloguing rules and record formats governing the creation of
machine‐readable cataloguing records; and third, develop recommendations
that would assist the efforts of standards bodies and others interested
in systematically cataloguing or otherwise describing and providing
access to electronic information objects available through remote
network access. Provides summary tables regarding the growth of the
Internet and its traffic, together with file types. Concludes: first,
that machine readable cataloguing records should be created; second, the
effectiveness of records created for providing description and access
information should be monitored; and third, cataloguing rules and
formats should be extended to include interactive network systems and
services.
Discusses the development and implications of electronic resource description systems, including the familiar library standard, the MARC Format, and the newly developing Resource Description Format (RDF), as well as other non-library markup languages such as XML, HTML, SGML, etc. Explains the differences between content and container, and the kinds of rules needed for describing each. Closes by outlining clearly why it is important for librarians to reach out beyond the library community and participate in the development of metadata standards.
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