When collecting metadata from users a couple of things are important:
1. It has to be worthwhile for them, eg they can't get document onto the web unless they supply a title. 2. A quick, tight feedback loop so they get to see their document on the web with the title they chose within a few seconds. Long feedback cycles and metadata collection that is of no use to the author will result in rubbish data. On 10/24/06, Bruce D'Arcus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On 10/23/06, David Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Organisations could add macros to the document save process to force you to > add text. But I have see the results of such policies - long lists of swear > words in the catalogues and lots of aaa, bbb, acd etc. You can force people > to type it is harder to keep them sensible. I think the trick is to make it as automated as possible. For example, in Word, you can write a macro to prompt for title and such, and then have template fields that automatically add them to the document in the right place. So it's no more typing than you'd otherwise do. Likewise, contract info for the author can be automatically added. Bruce --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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