Not by metadata alone: The use of diverse forms of knowledge to locate data for reuse

International Journal on Digital Libraries

Volumn 7, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 5-16

  Zimmerman, Ann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Data reuse; Data sharing; Ecology

Indexed keywords

EID: 34948840983     PISSN: 14325012     EISSN: 14321300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00799-007-0015-8     Document Type: Article

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