Metadata Basics

Question 1

Keyword indexes are automatic metadata generated by ________, not by people.

Answer 1

computers

Question 2

Match the following types of metadata with their corresponding examples:
Metadata types:
Administrative, Descriptive, Technical, Use

Examples:

• location information
• curatorial information
• formats, compression ratios, and scaling routines
• search logs

Answer 2

Administrative - location information

Descriptive - curatorial information

Technical - formats, compression ratios and scaling routines

Use - search logs

Question 3

The Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names (TGN) is an example of a data _______ standard.

Answer 3

value

Question 4

According to Gilliand, one information object’s metadata can simultaneously be another information object’s data, depending on the kinds o aggregations of and dependencies between information objects and systems.

Answer 4

True

Question 5

Which of the following are true?

• metadata is the sum total of what one can say about any information object at any level of aggregation
• metadata may refer to information that is encoded in HTML META tags for the purposes of making a Web site easier to find.
• metadata provides a range of intellectual access points for an increasingly diverse range of users.
• information professionals have a bewildering array of metadata standards and approaches from which to choose.

Answer 5

All are true.

Question 6

Which of the following are primary functions of metadata?

• aesthetic appeal
• validation of authority
• record of multiversioning
• violate privacy

Answer 6

• validation of authority

- record of multiversioning

Question 7

Data Content Standards are best described as

• controlled vocabularies, thesauri or controlled lists
• metadata element sets or schema
• cataloging rules and codes
• metadata standards expressed in machine-readable form

Answer 7

cataloging rules and codes

Question 8

Anglo-American Cataloging Rules (AACR) are an example of a data content standard.

Answer 8

True

Question 9

A bibliographic catalog record is an example of __________ metadata

Answer 9

descriptive

Question 10

Metadata used to identify and describe collections and related information resources is called Administrative Metadata.

Answer 10

False