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Introduction
Setting the Stage
Metadata and the Web
Crosswalks, Metadata Harvesting, Federated Searching, Metasearching
Rights Metadata Made Simple
Practical Principles for Metadata Creation and Maintenance
Glossary
Selected Bibliography
Contributors
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Tony Gill, Anne J. Gilliland, Maureen Whalen, and Mary S. Woodley

Edited by Murtha Baca


An online publication devoted to metadata, its types and uses, and how it can improve access to digital resources.

Version 3.0 of Introduction to Metadata is now available to read online or in paperback from the Getty Bookstore
Cover Image: Art primitif (detail), plate 1
L'ornement polychrome (Paris: Firmin-Didot, 1869–1887, volume 1).
Auguste Racinet
Research Library, the Getty Research Institute, 84-B13277