Unit 8 Metadata Standards Definition
According to Riley, there are many metadata standards used to describe or classify data about data. In a library setting, metadata traditionally refers to elements such as bibliographic information about the collection’s holdings and physical items; however, today’s definition of metadata has evolved to include information about electronic or digital data, rather than primarily a way to describe elements of physical data. Not only do metadata standards serve as systems which describe specific elements of the item which it describes, but the metadata record also serves as an access point for a specific item or resources, be it electronic or physical. The two metadata standards that I familiar with which are Dublin Core and MARC/MARC21. Dublin