1Digital Library and Information Center, Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Science, IV, ‘T’ Block, Jayanagar, Bangalore, 560041, INDIA. E-mail: sksonker@yahoo.co.in.
2National Center for Science Information, Indian Institute of Science, Bangaore, 560041, INDIA. E-mail: shashi@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in.
Metadata though being nothing new, has provided the information professionals a key approach for organizing, managing, preserving digital material and to support search and retrieval (resource discovery) and inter-operability. This paper discusses what is metadata, its types, metadata schemes (standards), examples and applications in different domains, relationship between different metadata standards, relationship between cataloguing and metadata, and current developments.
Digital library, Content management, Information management, Metadata
