Week 5 Readings

Having taken the metadata class offered by the University of Pittsburgh last semester, this week's readings served as a welcome review.  Gartner's article covered not only the history of metadata, but the general subcategories and possible future developments in the field.  Gilliland provided another brief introduction to the topic.  I read the entire work and not just the assigned sections and, therefore, reviewed crosswalks and harvesting as well.  Weibel's article presented a bit of history on the creation of Dublin Core and well as comparing what they believed would be its use and purpose versus what actually happened as the web matured.  Weibel also receives some bonus points from me for referencing Star Trek's "Prime Directive" in a scholarly article.