Section 5.5.3 Guidelines for Metadata to Accompany MurdochNet Content
End-users of MurdochNet should be able to locate descriptive
information about the Content that they access. This information should be
sufficient to enable end-users to make informed decisions about the
authoritativeness, currency and relevance of MurdochNet Content. This
descriptive information, or metadata, should be readily available and include
details of intellectual property rights. The credibility of MurdochNet may be
diminished if metadata does not accompany Content. The effective retrieval of
MurdochNet Content by search engine users may be reduced when required META
tags are not included when Content is prepared.
The use of metadata is a convention to be applied in the
preparation of Content. To assist Content Providers, a set of Guidelines
for Metadata to Accompany MurdochNet Content shall be provided.
The use of embedded META tags as the method of associating
metadata with Content is the recommended method. Content Providers may then
display for the end-user the accompanying metadata either as a document
information footer, or by including a document information link in a brief
footer, that then displays the additional information as a metadata popup.
Use of the Guidelines for Metadata to Accompany MurdochNet
Content should ensure
consistency in the way that Content Providers:
- use
META tags when preparing MurdochNet Content
- display
metadata that accompanies MurdochNet Content, ie. either as document
information footers or as metadata popups.
The Chair of the MurdochNet Management Committee shall be
responsible for approving the Guidelines for Metadata to Accompany
MurdochNet Content.
- Section 5.5.3.1: Scope of the Guidelines for Metadata to Accompany MurdochNet Content
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- Section 5.5.3.2: Use of the Guidelines for Metadata to Accompany MurdochNet Content
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