I am trying to find the extent to which repositories are using some form of automatically generated metadata.
This could be in the form of automatically inserting the depositors details into the author field as a suggestion (if they are indeed the author - as sometimes they are not), a pick list appearing on a deposit form from an internal database, to the use of automatic classification systems that populate fields such as keywords, subject, title etc after an analysis of the item deposited. *Questions* If your repository is using auto metadata... What kind of auto metadata is being used and how? Has this been formally documented? Is this available? If not, could you provide me with a screnshot? If you are not using it, I am assuming that you would like to use some form of it, as long as it is reliable? If any of you have objections or bad experiences to using auto generated metadata, please let me know why. Could you please *reply to me off list*? I will of course provide the list with a summary of my findings. Thank you -- ----------------------------------------------- Mr Mahendra Mahey Repositories Research Officer UKOLN, University of Bath, Bath, BA2 7AY Tel: ++44 (0) 1225 384594 Fax: ++44 (0) 1225 386256 email: [email protected] skypeID: mr_mahendra_mahey Mobile: ++44 (0) 7896300820 -----------------------------------------------
