Special Session: Metadata Quality
Coordinator:
Diane Hillmann (dih1@cornell.edu)

Description:
As metadata becomes a shared commodity, quality becomes a critical issue. Even in the library world, little has been written about metadata quality that can be generalized to other domains. Yet as harvesting and aggregation become more prevalent, quality metadata is beginning to be recognized as an important investment.


Some of the questions that this panel will consider are:

Can quality be measured? If so, what measurement criteria apply?
Can quality be enforced? If so, how?
How can we best assess metadata quality? Once assessed, can we "rate" it in some way?
Are there machine-based methods for improving metadata quality?

Moderator:
Bill Moen (wemoen@unt.edu)

Panelists:
Marcia Zeng (mzeng@kent.edu)
John Roberts (john.roberts@archives.govt.nz)
Diane Hillmann (dih1@cornell.edu)