Type
Article
Keywords
metadata, metadata evaluation, Internet information organization, web publishing behavior, author-generated metadata
Abstract
Metadata is designed to improve information organization and information retrieval effectiveness and efficiency on the Internet. The way web publishers respond to metadata and the way they use it when publishing their web pages, however, is still a mystery. The authors of this paper aim to solve this mystery by defining different professional publisher groups, examining the behaviors of these user groups, and identifying the characteristics of their metadata use. This study will enhance the current understanding of metadata application behavior and provide evidence useful to researchers, web publishers, and search engine designers.
Language
English
Department(s)
Library
Journal or Book Title
Information Processing & Management
Publication Year
2006
DOI
10.1016/j.ipm.2005.05.002
Publisher
Elsevier
Rights Management
Carleton College does not own the copyright to this work and the work is available through the Carleton College Library following the original publisher policies regarding self-archiving. For more information on the copyright status of this work, refer to the current copyright holder.
RoMEO Color
Green
Preprint Archiving
Yes (with link to journal home page)
Postprint Archiving
Yes
Publisher PDF Archiving
No
Paid OA Option
Yes
Contributing Organization
Carleton College
Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Zhang, Jin, and Iris Jastram. 2006. "A Study of the Metadata Creation Behavior of Different User Groups on the Internet." Information Processing & Management 42, (4): 1099-1122. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ipm.2005.05.002. Accessed via Staff and Faculty Work. Library. Carleton Digital Commons https://digitalcommons.carleton.edu/libr_staff_faculty/3
The definitive version is available at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ipm.2005.05.002
