Practical principles for Metadata Creation and Maintenance by J. Paul Getty Trust

Really practical and related well to classroom discussion as we move forward in our own creation fantastic journey of discovery!!!

J. Paul Getty Trust has some experiences in metadata creation...so I trust the source not the hip-hop magazine the source haha!!!

10 rule lesson

• is a core activity of memory institutions
• incremental and share the responsibility (kinda sounds like what are groups are doing?)
• rules and processes must be followed
• staff levels and skill sets must be present for a metadata strategy and successful implementation
• share reliable info among relevant units in institution remember interoperability
• no such thing as one size fits all for schema, vocabulary or data content standards.
• streamline and replace manual metadata creation think "industrial production"
• Routine part of workflow(creation of shareable, repurposable)
• Integral part of institution's metadata workflow with research and documentation
• High level of understanding and importance or value buy-in from upper management.

All this point seem to be common sense...but remember there are break downs in organizations such as, sacred cows and lack of vision.