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Enterprise
Metadata Environment (ME)
is a single source total control center designed to
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directly support all aspects of enterprise
metadata tagging of Web objects regardless of location using the
MetaIndexer
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facilitate sophisticated metadata searches by
end users for enhanced information seeking using the
MetaSearcher
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integrate controlled vocabulary terminology
from external databases for metadata tagging of Web objects using the
Enterprise
Vocabulary Server (VS)
The
Enterprise
Metadata
Environment is based completely on a fully integrated Web-based
architecture that enables a website to be accessed, tagged, and searched
regardless of physical location or type of computer used. Its open
architecture allows the use of any platform, including UNIX, NT or Linux; any
Web server, including Apache, Netscape Enterprise server, and IIS; and any
client, including the PC and Macintosh. And, it supports most popular data
types, including HTML page, XML page, image, video/audio, PDF, Microsoft®
Office
documents, and database records.
The
Enterprise
Metadata
Environment consists of the following two metadata services:
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MetaIndexer
a metadata tagging service that enables enterprise editors to tag any kind
of data on any website using metadata and to organize websites using
user-definable facets or categories.
more..
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MetaSearcher
is a metadata searching service for enterprise websites supporting users in
finding what they are looking for through metadata searching and/or category
browsing.
more..
MetaIndexer
and MetaSearcher
can be used independently or together to provide a complete solution to metadata
tagging and searching.
Enterprise
Metadata Environment (ME)
not only provides a complete and sophisticated metadata solution, but also
tightly integrates controlled vocabularies into metadata tagging with the help
of the
Enterprise
Vocabulary Server (VS),
illustrated in the Metadata Environment and
Vocabulary Server Integration Diagram. It is this tight integration
with the Enterprise
Vocabulary Server (VS)
that sets the
Enterprise
Metadata Environment apart from other metadata tools. The
importance of controlled vocabularies in metadata tagging has been addressed by
many experts. As Murtha Baca from the J. Paul Getty Trust puts it,
“Choosing the most appropriate metadata standard or standards for describing
particular collections or materials is only the first step in building an
effective, usable information resource. Unless the metadata elements or data
structure are populated with the appropriate data values
(terminology), the resource will be ineffectual and users won’t be able to find
what they are looking for, even it is actually there.”
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