" It looks like a (modern) role for publishers could be to actually put order 
in metadata provided by  users."

As metadata librarian (apparently they used to call this "cataloguing") now 
working halfway between publishing and cultural heritage, I can only second 
this.

-----Original Message-----
From: Andrea Splendiani [mailto:[email protected]] 
Sent: 25 April 2013 13:37
To: Kingsley Idehen
Cc: Ivan Herman; [email protected]
Subject: Re: Publication of scientific research


Yes another bit, I was just wondering: are we sure that authors embedding 
metadata in their papers is the best way to go ? They surely know most about 
their data, but may get shorts of standards and even have some bias. It looks 
like a (modern) role for publishers could be to actually put order in metadata 
provided by  users.

best,
Andrea 

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