Findings: Metadata issues

• Metadata is discipline specific; commonalities exist, but key requirements of a discipline vary.

• Metadata structures and subject taxonomies reflect the way faculty in a discipline think

• While organizational structure is an important issue in metadata use, other considerations are:

  • Services available in one's discipline

  • Acceptance and standardization in the discipline

  • Usage in key portals, data centers, and repositories

• One worldwide metadata format is not likely at this time

• Interdisciplinary metadata issues and crosswalks