A study of the metadata creation behavior of different user groups on the Internet

Information Processing and Management

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1099-1122

  Zhang, Jin ^a   Jastram, Iris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Author generated metadata; Internet information organization; Metadata; Metadata evaluation; Web publishing behavior

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL SYSTEMS; INTERNET; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; PUBLISHING; SEARCH ENGINES;

AUTHOR-GENERATED METADATA; INTERNET INFORMATION ORGANIZATION; METADATA EVALUATION; WEB PUBLISHING BEHAVIOR;

METADATA;

EID: 29244457576     PISSN: 03064573     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ipm.2005.05.002     Document Type: Article

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