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Name: Metadata, Standards and Semantics
ID: m24733
Language: English (en)
Summary: Discusses issues with metadata, standards and semantics affecting e-Research use of data.
Subject: Science and Technology
Keywords: e-Infrastructure, e-Research, Inhibitor, Metadata, Semantics
License: Creative Commons Attribution License CC-BY 3.0
Authors: Alex Voss (avoss@cs.st-andrews.ac.uk)
Copyright Holders: Alex Voss (avoss@cs.st-andrews.ac.uk)
Maintainers: Alex Voss (avoss@cs.st-andrews.ac.uk)
Latest version: 1.2 (history)
First publication date: Jun 9, 2009 3:08 am -0500
Last revision to module: Jun 9, 2009 4:04 am -0500

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Version History

Version: 1.2 Jun 9, 2009 4:04 am -0500 by Alex Voss
Changes: 
added part about scope and depth
Version: 1.1 Jun 9, 2009 3:22 am -0500 by Alex Voss
Changes: 
initial version

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Voss A. Metadata, Standards and Semantics [Connexions Web site]. June 9, 2009. Available at: http://cnx.org/content/m24733/1.2/.

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Voss, Alex. "Metadata, Standards and Semantics." Connexions. June 9, 2009. http://cnx.org/content/m24733/1.2/.

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