P&H CHAP 2
what are two common finding aids
catalogs and indexes
thought experiment on the global friendship network
small-world phenomenon
a sales transaction with clearly defined fields for data, customer number, item number and amount
structured information
the set of categories within a metadata classification system
metadata schema
Types of Metadata
descriptive, structural, administrative
what did they use before catalogs and indexes
filing systems or indexing tablets
a graph consists of a set of objects called ___ and pairs of these objects are connected by links called___
nodes; edges
Manila folder containing assorted items about a lawsuit, such as photos, handwritten notes, newspaper articles, or affidavits
unstructured data
First country mentioned in chapter 3
New Zealand
A dublin core element
Any of these will work
Title, creator, subject, description, publisher, contributor, date, type, format, identifier, source, language, relation, coverage, rights
who is a famous italian explorer
Christopher Colombus
airlines and subway systems are examples of
transportation networks
A web page with a title, subtitle, content and a few images
semi-structured information
"data about data"
"information about information"
metadata
is a metadata standard
Any of these are correct
Dublin Core
MARC (machine readable cataloging)
MODS (metadata object description schema)
EAD (encoded archival description)
VRA Core (visual resources association)