Familiarity with and use of metadata formats and metadata registries amongst those working in diverse professional communities within the information sector

Aslib Proceedings

Volumn 53, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 309-324

  Polydoratou, Panayiota ^a   Nicholas, David ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA ELEMENTS; DISCUSSION LISTS; INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS; ISO/IEC; METADATA REGISTRY; PROFESSIONAL COMMUNITY; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEYS;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; SPECIFICATIONS; STANDARDIZATION; SURVEYS;

METADATA;

EID: 31244436316     PISSN: 0001253X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/EUM0000000007064     Document Type: Article

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