Introduction to Metadata
by Tony Gill, at al.
Publisher: Getty Publications 2008
ISBN/ASIN: 0892368969
Description:
Metadata, literally "data about data", provides a means of indexing, accessing, preserving, and discovering digital resources. This book provides an overview of metadata -- its types, roles, and characteristics; a discussion of metadata as it relates to resources on the Web; a description of methods, tools, standards, and protocols that can be used to publish and disseminate digital collections; and a handy glossary.
Download or read it online for free here:
Download link
(multiple PDF files)
Similar books
Database Explorationsby C.J. Date, Hugh Darwen
The database field is full of important problems still to be solved and interesting issues still to be examined -- and some of those problems and issues are explored in this book. It reports on some of our most recent investigations in this field.
(6709 views)
Databases, Types, and The Relational Model: The Third Manifestoby C.J. Date, Hugh Darwen - Addison Wesley
This is a book on database management based on an earlier book by the same authors. It can be seen as an abstract blueprint for the design of a DBMS and the language interface to such a DBMS. It serves as a basis for a model of type inheritance.
(6938 views)
Elasticsearch: The Definitive Guideby Clinton Gormley, Zachary Tong - O'Reilly
Whether you need full-text search or real-time analytics of data, this book introduces you to the fundamental concepts required to start working with Elasticsearch. With these foundations laid, it will move on to more-advanced search techniques.
(8229 views)
Data-Intensive Text Processing with MapReduceby Jimmy Lin, Chris Dyer - Morgan & Claypool Publishers
This book focuses on MapReduce algorithm design, with an emphasis on text processing algorithms common in natural language processing, information retrieval, and machine learning. We introduce the notion of MapReduce design patterns.
(15769 views)