Theoretical considerations of lifecycle modeling: An analysis of the dryad repository demonstrating automatic metadata propagation, inheritance, and value system adoption

Cataloging and Classification Quarterly

Volumn 47, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 380-402

  Greenberg, Jane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Automatic metadata propagation; Dryad; Lifecycle modeling; Metadata; Metadata inheritance; Metadata theory; Repositories; Value system adoption

Indexed keywords

EID: 72749089248     PISSN: 01639374     EISSN: 15444554     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01639370902737547     Document Type: Article

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