CiteSeerX uses nothing but automated metadata extraction. You can try it out at
http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu Best Lee Giles Mahendra Mahey wrote: > 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 > -----------------------------------------------
